Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Osteichthyes > Gigaclass Actinopterygii > Subclass Neopterygii > Class Teleostei > Order Gadiformes > Family Macrouridae > Subfamily Trachyrincinae > Genus Trachyrincus

Trachyrincus scabrus (Rafinesque, 1810)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Trachyrincus*	Giorna, 1809	accepted genus name
*Trachyrhynchus*		orthographic variant
*Lepidoleprus*	Risso, 1810	synonym
*Oxycephas*	Rafinesque, 1810	synonym

Species group names

*Trachyrhynchus trachyrhynchus*	(Risso, 1810)	orthographic variant
*Lepidoleprus trachyrincus*	Risso, 1810	synonym
*Oxycephas scabrus*	Rafinesque, 1810	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: roughsnout grenadier; roughsnout rat-tail sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS);PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: Τραχύρρυγχος γρεναδιέρος sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: spissnutet skolest sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: spissnuta skolest

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	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
ecology source	Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1).

Genbank

External Links

FishBase
FishBase images (Trachyrincus scabrus, by Ticina, V.)

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Trachyrincus scabrus (Rafinesque, 1810). 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:126482