Family Triacanthodidae - Spikefishes
Order : Tetraodontiformes Triacanthodidae
Class : Teleostei
No. in FishBase : Genera : 11 | Species : 23 Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes
Environment : Fresh : No | Brackish : No | Marine : Yes
Division : Marine
Aquarium : none
First Fossil Record :      
Remark : Distribution: western Atlantic and Indo-Pacific. Tropical and subtropical. Deepwater benthic. Morphology: easily distinguished externally from other families of the order Tetraodontiformes by the following set of characters: body deep and slightly compressed, covered by moderately thick skin with numerous small scales not readily seen to the unaided eye, each scale bearing upright spinules and having a roughly shagreen-like appearance; dorsal fins 2, D1 VI, D2 12-18; caudal fin rounded to almost truncate, not forked; most dorsal-, anal-, and pectoral-fin rays are branched; pelvic fins with a large spine and one or two inconspicuous and rudimentary soft rays; mouth small, usually terminal; teeth of moderate size, usually conical, 10 or more in an outer series in each jaw; caudal peduncle compressed, and deeper than wide, not distinctly tapered. Depth range: usually 100-600 m on continental shelves and slopes. Subfamilies: 2 (Hollardiinae, Triacanthodinae)
Etymology : Greek, tres, tria = three + Greek, akantha = thorn ( Ref. 45335).
Reproductive guild :
Typical activity level :
Main Ref. : Matsuura, K. 2015
Coordinator : Matsuura, K. 2015
Deep Fin Classification : Osteichthyes | Actinopterygii | Actinopteri | Neopterygii | Teleostei | Osteoglossocephalai | Clupeocephala | Euteleosteomorpha | Neoteleostei | Eurypterygia | Ctenosquamata | Acanthomorphata | Acanthopterygii | Percomorphaceae | Eupercaria | | | Tetraodontiformes | Triacanthodoidei | | Triacanthodidae

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Species/Synonymy list for the family Triacanthodidae as currently in FishBase

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Scientifc name Status Senior/Junior synonym Combination
Triacanthodinae
Triacanthodes anomalus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850)
acceptedseniornew
Triacanthus anomalus Temminck & Schlegel, 1850
synonymseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
! Triacanthoides athiops Alcock, 1894
synonymseniororiginal
Paratriacanthodes myersi Fraser-Brunner, 1941
synonymjuniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
Triacanthodes indicus Matsuura, 1982
acceptedseniororiginal
Triacanthodes intermedius Matsuura & Fourmanoir, 1984
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
synonymseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
Bathyphylax omen Tyler, 1966
acceptedseniororiginal
Bathyphylax pruvosti Santini, 2006
acceptedseniororiginal
Johnsonina eriomma Myers, 1934
acceptedseniororiginal
! Johnsonina erioma Myers, 1934
synonymseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
Solenostomus tuticoriensis Venkataramanujam, Venkataramani & Devaraj, 1993
synonymjuniororiginal
Macrorhamphosodes uradoi (Kamohara, 1933)
acceptedseniornew
Halimochirus uradoi Kamohara, 1933
synonymseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
synonymseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
Atrophacanthus japonicus (Kamohara, 1941)
acceptedseniornew
Tydemania japonica Kamohara, 1941
synonymseniororiginal
Atrophacanthus danae Fraser-Brunner, 1950
synonymjuniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
synonymseniororiginal
Hollardiinae
acceptedseniororiginal
! Hollardia hollardia Poey, 1861
synonymseniororiginal
Hollardia meadi Tyler, 1966
acceptedseniororiginal
Hollardia goslinei Tyler, 1968
acceptedseniororiginal
Parahollardia lineata (Longley, 1935)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
Triacanthodes zebra Nichols & Firth, 1936
synonymjuniororiginal
Triacanthus zebra (Nichols & Firth, 1936)
synonymjuniornew
acceptedseniororiginal
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