Trichodontidae
| Sandfishes | |
|---|---|
|  | |
| Arctoscopus japonicus (Japanese sandfish) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Chordata | 
| Class: | Actinopterygii | 
| Order: | Perciformes | 
| Suborder: | Trachinoidei | 
| Family: | Trichodontidae | 
| Genera | |
| See text | |
The Trichodontidae, or sandfishes, are a small perciform family of fishes that occur in the North Pacific. The family consists of two monotypic genera:
-  Arctoscopus Jordan and Evermann, 1896
- Arctoscopus japonicus (Steindachner, 1881) (Japanese sandfish)
 
-  Trichodon Tilesius, 1813
- Trichodon trichodon (Tilesius, 1813) (Pacific sandfish)
 
References
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). "Trichodontidae" in FishBase. February 2011 version.
- "Trichodontidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
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