Armoured Grenadiers
Trachyrincidae
Trachyrincidae is a family of gadiform fish. The subfamily contains four genera found in Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean. These species live in deep-water. These fishes have a long, narrow and sharply pointed snout. The chin barbel is present. Two genera (Macrouroides and Squalogadus) have a huge and rounded head with the consistency of a water-filled balloon. The eyes are tiny. The chin barbel is absent.
The former subfamily Macrouroidinae is now considered synonymous with Trachyrincidae.
4 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 9 known species
Trachyrincus
genusTrachyrincus
Squalogadus
genusSqualogadus
Idiolophorhynchus
genusIdiolophorhynchus
Macrouroides
genusMacrouroides
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1303600.