52 Species in Family Trachichthyidae
Nominal species list for Trachichthyidae
Scientific Name Author English Name
Aulotrachichthys argyrophanus (Woods, 1961) Western luminous roughy
Aulotrachichthys atlanticus (Menezes, 1971) Brazilian luminous roughy
Aulotrachichthys heptalepis (Gon, 1984) Hawaiian luminous roughy
Aulotrachichthys latus (Fowler, 1938) Philippine luminous roughy
Aulotrachichthys novaezelandicus (Kotlyar, 1980) New Zealand roughy
Aulotrachichthys nyx Su, Ho & Lin, 2023 Dark-night luminous roughy
Aulotrachichthys prosthemius (Jordan & Fowler, 1902) West Pacific luminous roughy
Aulotrachichthys pulsator Gomon & Kuiter, 1987 Golden roughy
Aulotrachichthys sajademalensis (Kotlyar, 1979) Saya de Malha luminous roughy
Aulotrachichthys spiralis Matsunuma, Ujihara & Endo, 2023 Spiralis luminous-roughy
Aulotrachichthys titan Matsunuma, Ujihara & Endo, 2023 Large-head luminous-roughy
Gephyroberyx darwinii (Johnson, 1866) Darwin's slimehead
Gephyroberyx japonicus (Döderlein, 1883) Big roughy
Hoplostethus abramovi Kotlyar, 1986
Hoplostethus atlanticus Collett, 1889 Orange roughy
Hoplostethus cadenati Quéro, 1974 Black slimehead
Hoplostethus confinis Kotlyar, 1980
Hoplostethus crassispinus Kotlyar, 1980
Hoplostethus druzhinini Kotlyar, 1986
Hoplostethus fedorovi Kotlyar, 1986
Hoplostethus fragilis (de Buen, 1959) Chilean roughy
Hoplostethus gigas McCulloch, 1914 Giant sawbelly
Hoplostethus grandperrini Roberts & Gomon, 2012 Grandperrin's giant sawbelly
Hoplostethus japonicus Hilgendorf, 1879 Western Pacific roughy
Hoplostethus latus McCulloch, 1914 Palefin sawbelly
Hoplostethus marisrubri Kotlyar, 1986 Red Sea roughy
Hoplostethus mediterraneus Cuvier, 1829 Mediterranean slimehead
Hoplostethus melanopeza Roberts & Gomon, 2012 New Zealand giant sawbelly
Hoplostethus melanopterus Fowler, 1938 Blackfin roughy
Hoplostethus melanopus (Weber, 1913) Smallscale slimehead
Hoplostethus mento (Garman, 1899) Slimy head
Hoplostethus metallicus Fowler, 1938 Metallic roughy
Hoplostethus mikhailini Kotlyar, 1986
Hoplostethus occidentalis Woods, 1973 Atlantic Roughy
Hoplostethus pacificus Garman, 1899 Eastern Pacific roughy
Hoplostethus ravurictus Gomon, 2008
Hoplostethus rifti Kotlyar, 1986
Hoplostethus robustispinus Moore & Dodd, 2010 Thickspine roughy
Hoplostethus roseus Su, Lin & Ho, 2022 Rosy roughy
Hoplostethus rubellopterus Kotlyar, 1980
Hoplostethus shubnikovi Kotlyar, 1980 Metavay sawbelly
Hoplostethus tenebricus Kotlyar, 1980
Hoplostethus vniro Kotlyar, 1995
Optivus agastos Gomon, 2004 Violet roughy
Optivus agrammus Gomon, 2004 Western roughy
Optivus elongatus (Günther, 1859) Slender roughy
Paratrachichthys fernandezianus (Günther, 1887) Chilean sandpaperfish
Paratrachichthys macleayi (Johnston, 1881) Sandpaper fish
Paratrachichthys trailli (Hutton, 1875) Common roughy
Parinoberyx horridus Kotlyar, 1984
Sorosichthys ananassa Whitley, 1945 Little pineapple fish
Trachichthys australis Shaw, 1799 Roughy
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