| Trachinus | |
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| Trachinus draco - thetype species of the genus | |
Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Trachinidae |
| Genus: | Trachinus Linnaeus,1758 |
| Type species | |
| Trachinus draco | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Trachinus is agenus ofweevers, orderPerciformes that consists of seven extantspecies. Six of the genus representatives inhabit the waters of EasternAtlantic Ocean, but only one,Trachinus cornutus, inhabits the South-EasternPacific Ocean. Three of the Atlantic species occur near the coasts ofEurope. An eighth extinct species,T. minutus, is known fromOligocene-aged strata from theCarpathian Mountains, while a ninth species, also extinct,T. dracunculus, is known from middle-Miocene-aged strata fromPiemonte,Italy.
The genus name, given byLinnaeus, is fromtrachina, theMedieval Latin name for the fish,[3] which in turn is from theAncient Greekτρᾱχύςtrachýs ‘rough’.[4]
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