Trachipteridae


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Noun1.Trachipteridae - ribbonfishes
family Trachipteridae
Malacopterygii, superorder Malacopterygii - an extensive group of teleost fishes having fins supported by flexible cartilaginous rays
fish family - any of various families of fish
ribbonfish - marine fish having a long compressed ribbonlike body
genus Trachipterus, Trachipterus - type genus of the Trachipteridae
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The specimen was cast and a model made for display in the Marine Hall (Emboden 1974), with a relatively large, fan-shaped, dorsally-directed tail fin added (inaccurate because it resembles the upper lobe of the caudal fin of a ribbonfish, Trachipteridae).
California Records of the Oarfish, Regalecus russelii (Cuvier, 1816) (Actinopterygii: Regalecidae)
-- Long-finned bream Taractichthys longipinnis -- Mahi mahi Coryphaena hippurus 17,463 Oilfish Ruvettus pretiosus 555 Opah Lampris guttatus 68 Pomfrets Family Bramidae -- Ray's bream Brama brama -- Ribbonfishes Family Trachipteridae -- Rudderfish Centrolophus niger -- Sickle pomfret Taractichthys steindachneri -- Slender barracuda Sphyraena jello -- Snake mackerel Gempylus serpens 1971 Snake mackerels Family Gempylidae -- Southern Ray's bream Brama spp.
Fish lost at sea: the effect of soak time on pelagic longline catches
MsF 2.24 Order Lampridiformes MsF 5.29 Family Trachipteridae MsF 5.29 Desmodesma polystictum MsF 5.29 Order Beloniformes Family Belonidae MiF 5.29 Strongylura spp.
Food habits and consumption rates of common dolphinfish (Coryphaena hippurus) in the eastern Pacific Ocean

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