Genus Trachipterus

Summary:
Members of the genus Trachipterus are typically pelagic in open waters of the world oceans. Six species are known worldwide, with a single species, T. arawatae recorded from subtropical and temperate waters of Australia.
Author: Bray, D.J. 2021

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Bray, D.J. 2021, Trachipterus in Fishes of Australia, accessed 23 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/genus/1527

References

Charter, S.R. & Moser, H.G. 1996. Lampridiformes, Lophotidae, Radiicephalidae, Trachipteridae. In The early stages of fishes in the California current region. California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations Atlas No. 33, pp. 659-677.  

Clark, F.E. 1880. Description of a New Species of Trachypterus (T. arawatae). Trans. N. Zealand Inst. 13: 195–199.  

Heemstra, P.C. & Kannemeyer, S.X. 1984. The families Trachipteridae and Radiicephalidae (Pisces, Lampriformes) and a new species of Zu from South Africa. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 94: 13-39.  

Heemstra, P.C. & Kannemeyer, S.X. 1986. Trachipteridae. pp. 399–402 in Smith, M.M. & Heemstra, P.C. (eds). Smith’s Sea Fishes. Johannesburg: Macmillan S. Africa.

Martin, J.M. & Hilton, E.A. 2021. A taxonomic review of the family Trachipteridae (Acanthomorpha: Lampridiformes), with an emphasis on taxa distributed in the western Pacific Ocean. Zootaxa 5039(3): 301–351 https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5039.3.1