Trachipterus (Noun)
Meaning
Type genus of the Trachipteridae.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The Trachipterus is a genus of ray-finned fishes that belongs to the family Trachipteridae in the order Lampriformes.
- Trachipterus species are deep-sea fish found worldwide in temperate and tropical waters.
- Trachipterus is known to have a silver-blue body covered in small, shiny scales, with a long trailing filament from its dorsal fin.
- Large specimens of Trachipterus can be identified by their greatly prolonged anal fin-rays which form long filaments.
- The type genus Trachipterus consists of a group of deep-sea fish characterized by an elongated body with large anal and dorsal fins.