Familia: Synodontidae
Genus: Trachinocephalus
Species: Trachinocephalus gauguini

Name

Trachinocephalus gauguini Polanco F. et al., 2016

• Holotype: MNHN 2000-4531.
• Paratypes: USNM 409221, 409222; MNHN 2014-2931 (2), 2003-0590, 2000-4494 (8), 2003-1272 (2), 2003-596 (3).

Type locality: Marquesas Islands, Hiva Oa Island, 9°41′S; 139°3′ W, 95–305 m depth (26–75 m depth).

Etymology: named after the French painter Paul Gauguin (1848–1903), who died in the Marquesas Islands on 8 May 1903.

References

• Polanco F., A., Acero P., A. & Betancur-R., R. 2016. No longer a circumtropical species: revision of the lizardfishes in the Trachinocephalus myops species complex, with description of a new species from the Marquesas Islands. Journal of Fish Biology, 89(2): 1302–1323. DOI: 10.1111/jfb.13038 Reference page.