Trichodontidae
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| Sandfishes | |
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| Arctoscopus japonicus (Japanese sandfish) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Trachiniformes |
| Family: | Trichodontidae Bleeker, 1869 |
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The Trichodontidae, or sandfishes, are a small family of fishes from the order Trachiniformes[1] that occur in the North Pacific. The family consists of two monotypic genera:
- Arctoscopus Jordan and Evermann, 1896
- Arctoscopus japonicus (Steindachner, 1881) (Japanese sandfish)
- Trichodon Tilesius, 1813
- Trichodon trichodon (Tilesius, 1813) (Pacific sandfish)
References
- ^ Nelson, JS; Grande, TC & Wilson, MVH (2016). "Classification of fishes from Fishes of the World 5th Edition" (PDF). Retrieved 10 June 2018.
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). "Trichodontidae" in FishBase. February 2011 version.
- "Trichodontidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 28 April 2011.Error: "Q134421" is not a valid Wikidata entity ID.
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- Trichodontidae
- Marine fish families
- Trachiniformes