Trachichthyiformes
Sign in to saveThe Trachichthyiformes are an order of ray-finned fishes in the clade Acanthomorpha, consisting of 5 families, 20 genera, and over 70 species. The order includes the flashlight fishes, fangtooth fishes, spinyfins, pineconefishes, and roughies. They are exclusively marine fish, with many species inhabiting the deep sea.
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- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderTrachichthyiformes
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The Trachichthyiformes are an order of ray-finned fishes in the clade Acanthomorpha, consisting of 5 families, 20 genera, and over 70 species. The order includes the flashlight fishes, fangtooth fishes, spinyfins, pineconefishes, and roughies. They are exclusively marine fish, with many species inhabiting the deep sea.
==Etymology== The name comes from Ancient Greek τραχύς (trakhús), meaning "rough", ἰχθύς (ikhthús), meaning "fish", and Latin formes, meaning "form".
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