Lepturacanthus

Lepturacanthus
Lepturacanthus savala
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Perciformes
Family:Trichiuridae
Subfamily:Trichiurinae
Genus:Lepturacanthus
Henry Weed Fowler, 1905
Type species
Trichiurus savala
Cuvier, 1829

Lepturacanthus is a genus of cutlassfish from the Indo-Pacific region. They are benthopelagic species of waters over the continental shelf, it is a predator of a variety of small coastal fishes, squid and crustaceans.[1]

Species

The following species comprise the genus Lepturacanthus:[2]

References

  1. I. Nakamura & N. V. Parin (1993). FAO Species Catalogue Vol. 15. Snake MackerelsS and Cutlassfishes of the World (Families Gempylidae and Trichiuridae) An Annotated and Illustrated Catalogue of the Snake Mackerels, Snoeks, Escolars, Gemfishes, Sackfishes, Domine, Oilfish, Cutlassfishes, Scabbardfishes, Hairtails, and Frostfishes Known to Date (PDF). Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations. pp. 84–85. ISBN 92-5-103124-X. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  2. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2018). Species of Lepturacanthus in FishBase. February 2018 version.
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