Trachichthyiformes
| Trachichthyiformes Temporal range:
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| Orange roughy (Hoplostethus atlanticus) | |
| Common fangtooth (Anoplogaster cornuta) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Superorder: | Acanthopterygii |
| Order: | Trachichthyiformes Moore, 1993 |
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The Trachichthyiformes /træˈkɪkθi.ɪfɔːrmiːz/ are an order of ray-finned fishes in the clade Acanthomorpha, consisting of 5 families, 20 genera, and over 70 species. The order includes the flashlight fishes, fangtooth fishes, spinyfins, pineconefishes, and roughies. They are exclusively marine fish, with many species inhabiting the deep sea.