Trachipterus

Trachipterus Temporal range: Late Miocene to present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Mediterranean dealfish (Trachipterus trachypterus)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Lampriformes
Family:	Trachipteridae
Genus:	Trachipterus Gouan, 1770

Trachipterus is a genus of ribbonfishes.

Species

King-of-the-salmon (T. altivelis)

There are currently six recognized species in this genus: ^[1]

• Trachipterus altivelis Kner, 1859 (King-of-the-salmon)
• Trachipterus arcticus (Brünnich, 1771) (Dealfish)
• Trachipterus fukuzakii Fitch, 1964 (Tapertail ribbonfish)
• Trachipterus ishikawae D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1901 (Slender ribbonfish)
• Trachipterus jacksonensis (E. P. Ramsay, 1881) (Blackflash ribbonfish)
• Trachipterus trachypterus (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) (Mediterranean dealfish)

The only known fossil species is Trachipterus mauritanicus Carnevale, 2004 from the latest Miocene (Messinian) of Algeria. ^[2]

References

1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Trachipterus". FishBase . April 2012 version.
2. Carnevale, Giorgio (2004). "The first fossil ribbonfish (Teleostei, Lampridiformes, Trachipteridae)". Geological Magazine. 141 (5): 573–582. doi:10.1017/S0016756804009598. ISSN   1469-5081.