Other identification tools | FishBase

Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Teleostei
Order: Trachichthyiformes
Family: Trachichthyidae Slimeheads

Genus: Aulotrachichthys

(See list of species below)


Select Class:     Select Order:   
Select Family: Subfamily:     Select Genus:
Select Ocean (marine/brackish) or Continent (freshwater):
Select a country:
Only include species occuring above: m
Total number of spines in dorsal and anal fins (optional).      Enter total length (TL) and maximum body depth (BD)
Show family drawings / Hide family drawings



8 species (see list below)
Export file

1 of 1 Jump to:
No picture found

Max. Length 7.5 cm SL
 
Aulotrachichthys argyrophanus
[Western luminous roughy]

Photo by Fischer, L.G.

Southwestern Atlantic
Max. Length 10.3 cm TL
Aulotrachichthys atlanticus (Menezes, 1971)

Photo by Photo by Fischer, L.G.
 
Aulotrachichthys atlanticus
[Brazilian luminous roughy]

Photo by Randall, J.E.

Eastern Central Pacific
Max. Length 6.7 cm TL
Aulotrachichthys heptalepis (Gon, 1984)

Photo by Photo by Randall, J.E.
 
Aulotrachichthys heptalepis
[Hawaiian luminous roughy]
No picture found
 
Aulotrachichthys latus
[Philippine luminous roughy]
No picture found
 
Aulotrachichthys novaezelandicus
[New Zealand roughy]

Photo by The Fish Database of Taiwan

North Pacific
Max. Length 6.1 cm SL
Aulotrachichthys prosthemius (Jordan & Fowler, 1902)

Photo by Photo by The Fish Database of Taiwan
 
Aulotrachichthys prosthemius
[West Pacific luminous roughy]
No picture found

Max. Length 8 cm SL
 
Aulotrachichthys pulsator
[Golden roughy]

Photo by Reyes, R.B.

Indian Ocean
Max. Length 9.6 cm SL
Aulotrachichthys sajademalensis (Kotlyar, 1979)

Photo by Photo by Reyes, R.B.
 
Aulotrachichthys sajademalensis
[Saya de Malha luminous roughy]
} return $imageDirectoryandAuthor; closePreparedStatement($search_result); }//end of getimageSpeies ?>



8

Sort by: Species Length Year
1 of 1 Jump to:
Export file
Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Aulotrachichthys argyrophanus Western luminous roughy Southwest Atlantic 7.5 SL 1961
Aulotrachichthys atlanticus Brazilian luminous roughy Southwestern Atlantic 10.3 TL 1971
Aulotrachichthys heptalepis Hawaiian luminous roughy Eastern Central Pacific 6.7 TL 1984
Aulotrachichthys latus Philippine luminous roughy Western Pacific 1938
Aulotrachichthys novaezelandicus New Zealand roughy Southwest Pacific 1980
Aulotrachichthys prosthemius West Pacific luminous roughy North Pacific 6.1 SL 1902
Aulotrachichthys pulsator Golden roughy Eastern Indian Ocean 8 SL 1987
Aulotrachichthys sajademalensis Saya de Malha luminous roughy Indian Ocean 9.6 SL 1979



Other identification tools in FishBase


Quick Identification
Identification keys
Identification by morphometrics
Identification by pictures:
          If you already know the Family, go to Search FishBase, select Family and click on 'Identification by pictures' to display all available pictures in FishBase for the family.

          If you already know the Country, go to Search FishBase, select Country and click on 'Identification by pictures' to display all available pictures in FishBase for the country.

          If you already know the Ecosystem, go to Search FishBase, select Ecosystem and click on 'Identification by pictures' to display all available pictures in FishBase for the ecosystem.
cfm script by eagbayani, 30.11.04, ,  php script by cmilitante, 05/11/2010 ,  last modified by cmilitante, 14/03/2013