Trachichthyoides Woodward 1902 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Beryciformes

Alternative spelling: Trachichythyoides

Full reference: A. S. Woodward. 1902. The fossil fishes of the English Chalk, Part I. Palaeontographical Society Monograph 56:1-56

Parent taxon: Holocentroidei according to C. Patterson 1993

See also Casier 1966, Patterson 1964, Sepkoski 2002 and Woodward 1902

Sister taxa: Adriacentrus, Alloberyx, Caproberyx, Ctenocephalichthys, Erugocentrus, Kansius, Parospinus, Stichoberyx, Stichocentrus

Subtaxa: Trachichthyoides ornatus

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Type: Trachichthyoides ornatus

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Bromley (Bowerbank collection) (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)

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