Genus Trachinocephalus Gill, 1861
- Trachinocephalus Gill, T.N. 1861. Catalogue of the fishes of the eastern coast of North America, from Greenland to Georgia. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 13(Suppl.): 1-63 [dated January 1861] [53].
Type species:
Salmo myops Forster, 1801 by monotypy.
Excluded Taxa
- Misidentifications
SYNODONTIDAE: Trachinocephalus myops (Forster, 1801) [restricted to the Atlantic Ocean] — Polanco F., A., Acero P., A. & Bentancur-R., R. 2016. No longer a circumtropical species: revision of the lizardfishes in the Trachinocephalus myops species complex, with description of a new species from the Marquesas Islands. Journal of Fish Biology 88(2): 1302-1326 [online 26 June 2016] [1309]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Atlantic Indo-west-central Pacific.
IMCRA
Lord Howe Province (14), Norfolk Island Province (21), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11-Apr-2024 | SYNODONTOIDEI | 11-Apr-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 22-Dec-2016 | AULOPIFORMES | 13-Nov-2019 | MODIFIED | Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM) |
| 15-Jul-2015 | MODIFIED |