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

Trachipterus arcticus (Brünnich, 1788)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Trachipterus*	Goüan, 1770	accepted genus name
*Trachypterus*		orthographic variant
*Gymnogaster*	Brünnich, 1788	synonym

Species group names

*Gymnogaster arcticus*	Brünnich, 1788	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: vågmær sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English: dealfish; deal-fish sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS);Wheeler, A. (1992). A list of the common and scientific names of fishes of the British Isles. J. Fish Biol. 41(Suppl. A): 1-37

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

Norwegian Nynorsk: sølvkveite sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: vågmär

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	McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
additional source	Robins, C. R.; Ray, G. C.; Douglass, J.; Freund, R. (1986). A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston. 1-354.
additional source	Brünnich, M.T. (1788). Om en ny fiskart, den draabeplettede pladefish, fanget ved Helsingör i Nordsöen 1786. K. Danske Selsk. Skrift. N. Saml. 3: 398-407. Pl. A.
additional source	Wheeler, A. (1992). A list of the common and scientific names of fishes of the British Isles. J. Fish Biol. 41(Suppl. A): 1-37
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 (Trachipterus arcticus, Norway, by Backer, J.)

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Trachipterus arcticus (Brünnich, 1788). 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:126527