Trachinus Linnaeus [C.] 1758:250 Masc. Trachinus draco Linnaeus 1758. Type by monotypy. Misspelled Thachinus by Anonymous (Cabrera et al.) 1817 [ref. 17319], see Graells 1887:176 [ref. 30438], and Trachynus by Minding 1832:87 [ref. 3022]. On Official List (Opinion 75). •Valid as Trachinus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Wheeler 1973:449 [ref. 7190], Bentivegna & Fiorito 1983 [ref. 12849], Tortonese in Whitehead et al. 1986:952 [ref. 13676], Parin 2003:S21 [ref. 28536], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:56 [ref. 36649], Parin et al. 2014:466 [ref. 33547]). Current status: Valid as Trachinus Linnaeus 1758. Trachinidae.