Aulotrachichthys is a genus of slimeheads. Most species in this genus are known as luminous roughies.
Aulotrachichthys | |
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A. prosthemius | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Trachichthyiformes |
Family: | Trachichthyidae |
Genus: | Aulotrachichthys Fowler, 1938 |
Species
editThe currently recognized species in this genus are:[1]
- Aulotrachichthys argyrophanus (Woods, 1961) (Western luminous roughy)
- Aulotrachichthys atlanticus (Menezes, 1971) (Brazilian luminous roughy)
- Aulotrachichthys heptalepis (Gon, 1984) (Hawaiian luminous roughy)
- Aulotrachichthys latus (Fowler, 1938) (Philippine luminous roughy)
- Aulotrachichthys novaezelandicus (Kotlyar, 1980) (New Zealand roughy)
- Aulotrachichthys prosthemius (D. S. Jordan & Fowler, 1902) (West Pacific luminous roughy)
- Aulotrachichthys pulsator M. F. Gomon & Kuiter, 1987 (golden roughy)
- Aulotrachichthys sajademalensis (Kotlyar, 1979) (Saya de Malha luminous roughy)
References
edit- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Aulotrachichthys". FishBase. October 2012 version.