Silver scabbardfish

Silver scabbardfish
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Perciformes
Family:Trichiuridae
Genus:Lepidopus
Species: L. caudatus
Binomial name
Lepidopus caudatus
(Euphrasen, 1788)
Synonyms
  • Trichiurus caudatus Euphrasen, 1788
  • Lepidopus argenteus Bonnaterre, 1788
  • Trichiurus ensiformis Vandelli, 1797
  • Lepidopus gouanianus Lacepède, 1800
  • Trichiurus gladius Holten, 1802
  • Vandellius lusitanicus Shaw, 1803
  • Scarcina argyrea Rafinesque, 1810
  • Lepidopus peronii Risso, 1810
  • Ziphotheca tetradens Montagu, 1811
  • Lepidopus xantusi Goode & Bean, 1896
  • Lepidopus lex Phillipps, 1932

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.

Silver scabbardfish sold in Syracuse (Italy)

References

  1. ↑ Iwamoto, T. (2015). "Lepidopus caudatus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T198721A42691759. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  • Froese, Rainer and 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


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