Silver scabbardfish
Appearance
Silver scabbardfish | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Scombriformes |
Family: | Trichiuridae |
Genus: | Lepidopus |
Species: | L. caudatus
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Binomial name | |
Lepidopus caudatus (Euphrasen, 1788)
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The silver scabbardfish (also frostfish, beltfish), Lepidopus caudatus, is a cutlassfish of the family Trichiuridae found throughout the temperate seas of the world. It grows to over 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) in length.
References
- ^ Iwamoto, T. (2015). "Lepidopus caudatus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T198721A42691759. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T198721A42691759.en.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Lepidopus caudatus" in FishBase. January 2006 version.
- Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8