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

Chelidonichthys Kaup, 1873

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Aspitrigla*	Fowler, 1925	synonym
*Trigla (Trigloporus)*	Smith, 1934	synonym

Children

Chelidonichthys cuculus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Chelidonichthys lastoviza (Bonnaterre, 1788)
Chelidonichthys lucerna (Linnaeus, 1758)
Chelidonichthys obscurus (Walbaum, 1792)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ホウボウ属

Literature

original description	Kaup, J.J. (1873). Ueber die Familie Triglidae, nebst einigen Worten über die Classification. Arch. Naturgeschichte. 39(1): 71-93.
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
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. Chelidonichthys Kaup, 1873. 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:126178