WoRMS taxon details
Triglidae Rafinesque, 1815
- Genus Bellator Jordan & Evermann, 1896
- Genus Bovitrigla Fowler, 1938
- Genus Chelidonichthys Kaup, 1873
- Genus Eutrigla Fraser-Brunner, 1938
- Genus Lepidotrigla Günther, 1860
- Subfamily Peristediinae Jordan & Gilbert, 1883
- Genus Prionotus Lacepède, 1801
- Genus Pterygotrigla Waite, 1899
- Genus Trigla Linnaeus, 1758
- Genus Trigloporus Smith, 1934
- Genus Acanthostedion Fowler, 1943 accepted as Satyrichthys Kaup, 1873
- Genus Aspitrigla Fowler, 1925 accepted as Chelidonichthys Kaup, 1873 (synonym)
- Genus Chelidonyctis accepted as Chelidonichthys Kaup, 1873 (misspelling)
- Genus Cheliodonichthys accepted as Chelidonichthys Kaup, 1873 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Genus Cuculus (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
- Genus Dixiphichthys Fowler, 1938 accepted as Pterygotrigla Waite, 1899
- Genus Dixiphistes Fowler, 1938 accepted as Pterygotrigla Waite, 1899
- Genus Dixiphistops Fowler, 1938 accepted as Parapterygotrigla Matsubara, 1937 accepted as Pterygotrigla Waite, 1899
- Genus Eutriglia accepted as Eutrigla Fraser-Brunner, 1938 (misspelling)
- Genus Eutroigla accepted as Eutrigla Fraser-Brunner, 1938 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Genus Lepidotrigal accepted as Lepidotrigla Günther, 1860 (misspelling)
- Genus Merulinus Jordan & Evermann, 1898 accepted as Prionotus Lacepède, 1801
- Genus Otohime Jordan & Starks, 1907 accepted as Pterygotrigla Waite, 1899
- Genus Pachytrigla Fowler, 1938 accepted as Lepidotrigla Günther, 1860
- Genus Parapterygotrigla Matsubara, 1937 accepted as Pterygotrigla Waite, 1899 (synonym)
- Genus Paratrigla Ogilby, 1911 accepted as Lepidotrigla Günther, 1860
- Genus Pterigotrigla accepted as Pterygotrigla Waite, 1899 (misspelling)
- Genus Pteryotrigla accepted as Pterygotrigla Waite, 1899 (misspelling)
- Genus Trygloporus accepted as Trigloporus Smith, 1934 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Genus Uradia Kamohara, 1938 accepted as Pterygotrigla Waite, 1899
marine, brackish, terrestrial
Not documented
Distribution Distribution: all temperate and tropical seas. Head bony and casquelike. Pectoral fin with lower 2 or 3 rays enlarged for...
Distribution Distribution: all temperate and tropical seas. Head bony and casquelike. Pectoral fin with lower 2 or 3 rays enlarged for food detection. Dorsal fins separate. Benthic. Good sound producers. Attains 1 m maximum length. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Triglidae Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125598 on 2025-03-27
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Nomenclature
basis of record
van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details] Available for editors 
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context source (PeRMS)
Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution Distribution: all temperate and tropical seas. Head bony and casquelike. Pectoral fin with lower 2 or 3 rays enlarged for food detection. Dorsal fins separate. Benthic. Good sound producers. Attains 1 m maximum length. [details]
