Mendosoma lineatum Guichenot, 1848

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Mendosoma lineatum, the telescope fish, real bastard trumpeter or common trumpeter, is a species of marine ray finned fish belonging to the family Latridae, the trumpeters. It is native to the subantarctic and cooler temperate waters of the Southern Ocean. It inhabits tide pools and surge channels and has been found living inside such invertebrates as salps. It occurs from near the surface to a depth of about 20 metres (66 ft). This species can reach a length of 40 centimetres (16 in) TL. This species was thought to be the only known member of its genus.

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Identity & source status

Scientific name

Mendosoma lineatum Guichenot, 1848

Name authority

Guichenot, 1848

Rank

species

Accepted status

accepted

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Teleostei

Order

Centrarchiformes

Family

Latridae

Genus

Mendosoma

Extinction status

Not supplied by this source

Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
2. kingdomAnimalia
3. phylumChordata
4. subphylumVertebrata
5. infraphylumGnathostomata
6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
7. gigaclassActinopterygii
8. superclassActinopteri
9. classTeleostei
10. orderCentrarchiformes
11. familyLatridae Gill, 1862
12. genusMendosoma Guichenot, 1848
13. speciesMendosoma lineatum Guichenot, 1848

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Mendosoma. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

Browse 6 records assigned to Latridae.

Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

1. Guichenot, A. (1848). Fauna Chilena. Peces. Pp. 137-370. In: C. Gay, Historia Fisica Y Politica de Chile. Zoología, v. 2. Paris & Santiago. [“Ictiologia” plates 1–11 are in Atlas, v. 2; of 2 sets of plates at CAS, 1 set has some figures in color. Plates published in 1854. Sometimes author given as Valenciennes.]. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:3ZPWJ. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.