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Paratrachichthys

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Genus of fishes

Paratrachichthys

Paratrachichthys trailli
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Trachichthyiformes
Family:	Trachichthyidae
Genus:	Paratrachichthys Waite, 1899

Paratrachichthys is a genus of slimeheads found in the Pacific Ocean. It consists of three species, all known as sandpaper fish.

Species

There are currently 3 recognized species in this genus:

Paratrachichthys fernandezianus (Günther, 1887) (Chilean sandpaper fish)
Paratrachichthys macleayi (Johnston, 1881) (Australian sandpaper fish)
Paratrachichthys trailli (F. W. Hutton, 1875) (sandpaper fish)

References

^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Paratrachichthys". FishBase. October 2015 version.

External links

Data related to Paratrachichthys at Wikispecies

Taxon identifiers
Paratrachichthys	Wikidata: Q685848 Wikispecies: Paratrachichthys AFD: Paratrachichthys BOLD: 3816 CoL: 6H9Q GBIF: 2357070 iNaturalist: 90815 IRMNG: 1066988 ITIS: 166143 NCBI: 443799 NZOR: de64f653-7785-41a1-8443-60654bf53d39 WoRMS: 270270

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