Deep-Sea taxon details
Triacanthodidae Gill, 1862
- Genus Atrophacanthus Fraser-Brunner, 1950
- Genus Bathyphylax Myers, 1934
- Genus Halimochirurgus Alcock, 1899
- Genus Hollardia Poey, 1861
- Genus Macrorhamphosodes Fowler, 1934
- Genus Mephisto Tyler, 1966
- Genus Parahollardia Fraser-Brunner, 1941
- Genus Paratriacanthodes Fowler, 1934
- Genus Triacanthodes Bleeker, 1857
- Genus Tydemania Weber, 1913
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Description Benthic, in deepwaters. Distribution: tropical and subtropical western Atlantic and Indo-Pacific. Rounded to truncate...
Description Benthic, in deepwaters. Distribution: tropical and subtropical western Atlantic and Indo-Pacific. Rounded to truncate caudal fin. Rays in dorsal fin 12-18. Anal fin with 11-16 rays. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Triacanthodidae Gill, 1862. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=154172 on 2026-01-09
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Triacanthodidae Gill, 1862. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=154172 on 2026-01-09
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Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details] Available for editors 
basis of record Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
basis of record Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Benthic, in deepwaters. Distribution: tropical and subtropical western Atlantic and Indo-Pacific. Rounded to truncate caudal fin. Rays in dorsal fin 12-18. Anal fin with 11-16 rays. [details]
