Australian Biological Resources Study

Australian Faunal Directory

Museums

Regional Maps

External Links

Genus Trachinocephalus Gill, 1861

 

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.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

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

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
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