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Order of fishes
Trachiniformes is an
order of
percomorph
bony fish,
[1] whose contents are traditionally placed in
suborder
Trachinoidei of
Perciformes.
[2]
However, Trachiniformes is recovered as
polyphyletic in recent large scale molecular phylogenetic studies.
Trachinidae itself is recovered as part of
Percoidei, while other families respectively belong to
Scombriformes,
Gobiiformes, new orders
Uranoscopiformes and
Pempheriformes, and other clades in Perciformes.
[3]
Timeline of genera
Families
The following
families make up the Trachiniformes:
[1] (with respectively belonging taxa following the molecular phylogenies)
[3]
-
Ammodytidae
Bonaparte, 1832 - sandeels or sandlances (considered as part of
Uranoscopiformes).
- †
Callipterygidae
Jordan, 1905 (fossil;
Eocene of Italy)
[4]
-
Chiasmodontidae
Jordan &
Gilbert, 1883 - the swallowers (considered as part of
Scombriformes).
-
Champsodontidae Jordan &
Snyder, 1902 - gulpers, gapers or crocodile toothfishes (considered as part of
Pempheriformes).
-
Cheimarrichthyidae
Regan, 1913 - New Zealand torrentfishes (considered as part of Uranoscopiformes).
-
Creediidae
Waite, 1899 - sandburrowers (considered as part of Pempheriformes).
-
Leptoscopidae
Gill, 1859 - southern sandfishes (considered as part of Pempheriformes).
-
Percophidae
Swainson, 1839 - duckbills (as a
polyphyly, respectively part of Pempheriformes and
Perciformes (
Notothenioidei and
Bembropoidei)).
-
Pinguipedidae
Günther, 1860 - sandperches (considered as part of Uranoscopiformes).
-
Trachinidae
Rafinesque, 181 - weeverfishes (considered as part of
Percoidei, belong to Perciformes).
-
Trichodontidae
Bleeker, 1859 - sandfish (considered as a part of
Cottoidei, belong to Scorpaeniformes).
-
Trichonotidae Günther, 1861 - sanddivers (considered to form the monotypic
Trichonotoidei, belong to
Gobiiformes).
-
Uranoscopidae
Bonaparte, 1831 - stargazers (considered as part of Uranoscopiformes).
References