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Trachipteridae

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
FAMILY
Published in
Swainson, W. (1839). On the natural history and classification of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals. Vol. II. Spottiswoode & Co., London, vi + 448 pp.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Lampriformes
family
Trachipteridae

Name

Synonyms
Trachypteridae
Homonyms
Trachipteridae
Common names
Peixes-fita in Portuguese
Vågmære in Danish
Vågmære in Danish
båndfiskfamilien in Norwegian Bokmål
deal-fishes in English
deal-fishes in English
listoncillos in Spanish
listoncillos in Spanish
nahobřichovití in Czech
ribbonfishes in English
ribbonfishes in English
trachiptères in French
trachiptères in French
viikatekalat in Finnish
vågmärfiskar in Swedish
vågmärsfiskar in Swedish
wstęgorowate in Polish
Вогмеровые in Russian
ปลาพญานาคเล็ก ฯลฯ in Thai
フリソデウオ科 in Japanese
båndfiskfamilien in Nynorsk, Norwegian
båndfiskfamilien in Norwegian Bokmål
vågmärsfiskar in Swedish
フリソデウオ科 in Japanese
Ribbonfishes in English
båndfiskfamilien in Nynorsk, Norwegian
båndfiskfamilien in Norwegian Bokmål
ribbonfishes in English
vågmärfiskar in Swedish
vågmärfiskar in Swedish
フリソデウオ科 in Japanese

Bibliographic References

  1. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version.
  2. FishBase
  3. 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.
  4. Gärdenfors, Hall, Hallingbäck, Hansson & Hedström (2003) Djur, svampar och växter i Sverige 2003. Förteckning över antal arter per familj.
  5. Moore, Jon A., Karsten E. Hartel, James E. Craddock, and John K. Galbraith, 2003: An annotated list of deepwater fishes from off the New England region, with new area records. Northeastern Naturalist, vol. 10, no. 2. 159-248.
  6. Nelson, Joseph S., 1994: null. Fishes of the World, Third Edition. xvii + 600.
  7. Olney, J. E., 1999: Trachipteriidae. Fishes of the western central Pacific, FAO Fisheries Identification Sheets for Fisheries Purposes. 1973-1974.
  8. Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
  9. Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
  10. Shiino, Sueo M., 1976: List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations. Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4. 262.
  11. Swainson, W. (1839). On the natural history and classification of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals. Vol. II. Spottiswoode & Co., London, vi + 448 pp.
  12. Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230.
  13. WoRMS Editorial Board (2017) WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species
  14. van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374
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