Trachichthys Shaw [G.] in Shaw & Nodder 1799:Pl. 378 Masc. Trachichthys australis Shaw 1799. Type by monotypy. Name appeared on p. 3 of the account of the "Southern Trachichthys" of Shaw in Shaw & Nodder 1799:v. 10 (no. 116), 4 pp., pl. 378 [ref. 4013]. Also in Shaw 1803:630 [ref. 4014]. Trachychthis Rafinesque 1815:85 [ref. 3584] is an incorrect subsequent spelling. •Valid as Trachichthys Shaw 1799 -- (Paulin 1979:69 [ref. 6918], Paxton et al. 1989:367 [ref. 12442], Gomon et al. 1994:410 [ref. 22532], Kotlyar 1996:175 [ref. 23292], Moore & Paxton 1999:2216 [ref. 24787], Paxton et al. 2006:771 [ref. 29074], Gomon 2008:430 [ref. 30616]). Current status: Valid as Trachichthys Shaw 1799. Trachichthyidae.