Trachinocephalus myops

Snakefish
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Aulopiformes
Family: Synodontidae
Subfamily: Synodontinae
Genus: Trachinocephalus
Species: T. myops
Binomial name
Trachinocephalus myops
(J. R. Forster, 1801)
Synonyms

Synodus myops Forster, 1801

Trachinocephalus myops, also known as the Blunt-nose lizardfish is a species of fish in the family Synodontidae found in Atlantic Ocean.[1] This species grows to a length of 40 centimetres (16 in) TL.[2]

References

  1. Polanco F., A., Acero P., A. & Betancur-R., R. (2016): No longer a circumtropical species: revision of the lizardfishes in the Trachinocephalus myops species complex, with description of a new species from the Marquesas Islands. Journal of Fish Biology, 89 (2): 1302-1323.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). "Trachinocephalus myops" in FishBase. June 2016 version.


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