Trichodontidae

The Trichodontidae, or sandfishes, are a small family of fishes from the order Trachiniformes[1] that occur in the North Pacific. The family consists of two monotypic genera:

  • Arctoscopus Jordan and Evermann, 1896
  • Trichodon Tilesius, 1813
    • Trichodon trichodon (Tilesius, 1813) (Pacific sandfish)

Sandfishes
Arctoscopus japonicus (Japanese sandfish)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Trachiniformes
Family: Trichodontidae
Bleeker, 1869
Genera

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References

  1. Nelson, JS; Grande, TC & Wilson, MVH (2016). "Classification of fishes from Fishes of the World 5th Edition" (PDF). Retrieved 10 June 2018.
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