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Class: Teleostei
Order: Ovalentaria/misc
Family: Plesiopidae Roundheads
Subfamily: Plesiopinae
Genus: Trachinops

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4 species (see list below)
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Eastern Indian Ocean
Max. Length 8 cm TL
Trachinops brauni Allen, 1977

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Trachinops brauni
[Bluelined hulafish]

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Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 15 cm TL
Trachinops caudimaculatus McCoy, 1890

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Trachinops caudimaculatus
[Southern hulafish]

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Eastern Indian Ocean
Max. Length 15 cm TL
Trachinops noarlungae Glover, 1974

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Trachinops noarlungae
[Yellowhead hulafish]

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Southwest Pacific

Trachinops taeniatus Günther, 1861

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Trachinops taeniatus
[Eastern hulafish]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Trachinops brauni Bluelined hulafish Eastern Indian Ocean 8 TL 1977
Trachinops caudimaculatus Southern hulafish Indo-Pacific 15 TL 1890
Trachinops noarlungae Yellowhead hulafish Eastern Indian Ocean 15 TL 1974
Trachinops taeniatus Eastern hulafish Southwest Pacific 1861



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