Cutlassfish

Trichiuridae
	Channel scabbardfish (Evoxymetopon taeniatus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Trichiuridae; Rafinesque, 1810
Genera
	Aphanopus; Assurger; Benthodesmus; Demissolinea; Eupleurogrammus; Evoxymetopon; Lepidopus; Lepturacanthus; Tentoriceps; Trichiurus; See text for species.

Silver scabbardfish, Lepidopus caudatus

Benthodesmus simonyi

Aphanopus carbo

The cutlassfishes are about 40 species of predatory fish in the family Trichiuridae (order Perciformes) found in seas throughout the world. Fish of this family are long, slender, and generally steely blue or silver in colour, giving rise to their name. They have reduced or absent pelvic and caudal fins, giving them an eel-like appearance, and large fang-like teeth.^[1]

Some of the species are known as scabbardfishes or hairtails; others are called frostfishes because they appear in late autumn and early winter, around the time of the first frosts.

Classification

This list of species follows FishBase:^[2]

Genus Aphanopus
- Aphanopus arigato Parin, 1994
- Aphanopus beckeri Parin, 1994
- Aphanopus capricornis Parin, 1994
- Aphanopus carbo Lowe, 1839 (Black scabbardfish)
- Aphanopus intermedius Parin, 1983 (Intermediate scabbardfish)
- Aphanopus microphthalmus Norman, 1939 (Smalleye scabbardfish)
- Aphanopus mikhailini Parin, 1983 (Mikhailin's scabbardfish)
Genus Assurger
- Assurger anzac Alexander, 1917 (Razorback scabbardfish)
Genus Benthodesmus
- Elongate frostfish, B. elongatus Clarke, 1879
- Bigeye frostfish, B. macrophthalmus Parin & Becker, 1970
- Neglected frostfish, B. neglectus Parin, 1976
- Sparse-rayed frostfish, B. oligoradiatus Parin & Becker, 1970
- North Pacific frostfish, B. pacificus Parin & Becker, 1970
- Papuan frostfish, B. papua Parin, 1978
- Simony's frostfish, B. simonyi Steindachner, 1891
- Philippine frostfish, B. suluensis Parin, 1976
- Slender frostfish, B. tenuis Günther, 1877
- Tucker's frostfish, B. tuckeri Parin & Becker, 1970
- Vityaz' frostfish, B. vityazi Parin & Becker, 1970
Genus Demissolinea
- New Guinean hairtail, D. novaeguineensis Burhanuddin & Iwatsuki, 2003
Genus Eupleurogrammus
- Longtooth hairtail, E. glossodon (Bleeker, 1860)
- Smallhead hairtail, E. muticus (Gray, 1831)
Genus Evoxymetopon
- Evoxymetopon macrophthalmus Chakraborty, Yoshino & Iwatsuki, 2006.^[3]
- Evoxymetopon moricheni Fricke, Golani & Appelbaum-Golani, 2014 ^[4]
- Evoxymetopon poeyi Günther, 1887 (Poey's scabbardfish)
- Evoxymetopon taeniatus Gill, 1863 (Channel scabbardfish)
Genus Lepidopus
- Crested scabbardfish, L. altifrons Parin & Collette, 1993
- Hawaiian ridge scabbardfish, L. calcar Parin & Mikhailin, 1982
- Silver scabbardfish, L. caudatus (Euphrasen, 1788)
- Doubtful scabbardfish, L. dubius Parin & Mikhailin, 1981
- Fitch's scabbardfish, L. fitchi Rosenblatt & Wilson, 1987
- Ghost scabbardfish, L. manis Rosenblatt & Wilson, 1987
Genus Lepturacanthus
- Coromandel hairtail, L. pantului (Gupta, 1966)
- Savalani hairtail, L. savala (Cuvier, 1829)
Genus Tentoriceps
- Crested hairtail, T. cristatus (Klunzinger, 1884)
Genus Trichiurus
- Pearly hairtail, T. auriga Klunzinger, 1884
- Trichiurus australis Chakraborty, Burhanuddin & Iwatsuki, 2005.^[5]
- Chinese short-tailed hairtail, T. brevis Wang & You, 1992
- Ganges hairtail, T. gangeticus Gupta, 1966
- Largehead hairtail, T. lepturus Linnaeus, 1758
- Trichiurus margarites Li, 1992
- Trichiurus nanhaiensis Wang & Xu, 1992
- Australian short-tailed hairtail, T. nickolensis Burhanuddin & Iwatsuki, 2003
- Short-tailed hairtail, T. russelli Dutt & Thankam, 1966

Timeline of genera

References

^ Johnson, G.D.; Gill, A.C. (1998). Paxton, J.R.; Eschmeyer, W.N. (eds.). Encyclopedia of Fishes. San Diego: Academic Press. p. 190. ISBN 0-12-547665-5.
^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Family Trichiuridae". FishBase. January 2006 version.
^ Chakraborty, Yoshino & Iwatsuki (2006). "A new species of scabbardfish, Evoxymetopon macrophthalmus (Scombroidei: Trichiuridae), from Okinawa, Japan". Ichthyological Research. 53 (2): 137ff. doi:10.1007/s10228-005-0319-x.
^ Fricke, R., Golani, D. & Appelbaum-Golani, B. (2014): Evoxymetopon moricheni, a new cutlassfish from the northern Red Sea (Teleostei: Trichiuridae). Ichthyological Research 61 (3): 293-297.
^ Anirban Chakraborty; Andi Iqbal Burhanuddin; Yukio Iwatsuki (2005). "A new species, Trichiurus australis (Perciformes: Trichiuridae), from Australia". Ichthyological Research. 52 (2): 165–170. doi:10.1007/s10228-005-0268-4.

Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2011-05-19. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

External links

Listing of Trichiuridae in English and Japanese 2003-10-27

[EoF-1] Johnson, G.D.; Gill, A.C. (1998). Paxton, J.R.; Eschmeyer, W.N. (eds.). Encyclopedia of Fishes. San Diego: Academic Press. p. 190. ISBN 0-12-547665-5.

[2] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Family Trichiuridae". FishBase. January 2006 version.

[3] Chakraborty, Yoshino & Iwatsuki (2006). "A new species of scabbardfish, Evoxymetopon macrophthalmus (Scombroidei: Trichiuridae), from Okinawa, Japan". Ichthyological Research. 53 (2): 137ff. doi:10.1007/s10228-005-0319-x.

[4] Fricke, R., Golani, D. & Appelbaum-Golani, B. (2014): Evoxymetopon moricheni, a new cutlassfish from the northern Red Sea (Teleostei: Trichiuridae). Ichthyological Research 61 (3): 293-297.

[5] Anirban Chakraborty; Andi Iqbal Burhanuddin; Yukio Iwatsuki (2005). "A new species, Trichiurus australis (Perciformes: Trichiuridae), from Australia". Ichthyological Research. 52 (2): 165–170. doi:10.1007/s10228-005-0268-4.

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