Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Osteichthyes > Gigaclass Actinopterygii > Subclass Neopterygii > Class Teleostei > Order Lampriformes > Family Trachipteridae

Trachipterus Goüan, 1770

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Trachypterus*		orthographic variant
*Gymnogaster*	Brünnich, 1788	synonym

Children

Trachipterus arcticus (Brünnich, 1788)
Trachipterus trachypterus (Gmelin, 1789)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: サケガシラ属

Literature

basis of record	van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374
additional source	Goüan, A. (1770). Historia piscium, sistens ipsorum anatomen externam, internam, atque genera in classes et ordines redacta. Histoire des poissons, contenant la déscription anatomique de leurs parties externes et internes, & le caractère des divers genres rangés par classes & par ordres. Strasbourg. i-xviii + 1-252 (twice). Pls. 1-4.
taxonomy source	Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025.

Genbank

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Trachipterus Goüan, 1770. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125788