WoRMS taxon details
Trichiuridae Rafinesque, 1810
- Subfamily Aphanopodinae Gill, 1863
- Genus Aphanopus Lowe, 1839
- Genus Benthodesmus Goode & Bean, 1882
- Subfamily Lepidopinae Gill, 1863
- Genus Scarcina Rafinesque, 1810 accepted as Lepidopus Dana, 1849-1852 accepted as Perissopus Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861
- Genus Vandellius Shaw, 1803 accepted as Lepidopus Goüan, 1770
- Genus Ziphotheca Montagu, 1811 accepted as Lepidopus Goüan, 1770
- Subfamily Lepidopodinae Gill, 1863
- Genus Assurger Whitley, 1933
- Genus Eupleurogrammus Gill, 1862
- Genus Evoxymetopon Gill, 1863
- Genus Lepidopus Goüan, 1770
- Genus Euoxymetopon accepted as Evoxymetopon Gill, 1863 (misspelling)
- Genus Eupleurogramnus accepted as Eupleurogrammus Gill, 1862 (misspelling)
- Genus Evoxymetropon accepted as Evoxymetopon Gill, 1863 (misspelling)
- Subfamily Trichiurinae Rafinesque, 1810
- Genus Demissolinea Burhanuddin & Iwatsuki, 2003
- Genus Lepturacanthus Fowler, 1905
- Genus Tentoriceps Whitley, 1948
- Genus Trichiurus Linnaeus, 1758
- Genus Pseudoxymetopon Chu & Wu, 1962 accepted as Tentoriceps Whitley, 1948
- Genus Trachiurus accepted as Trichiurus Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Genus Trichiuris accepted as Trichiurus Linnaeus, 1758 (misspelling)
- Genus Trichurus accepted as Trichiurus Linnaeus, 1758 (misspelling)
- Genus Trichyurus accepted as Trichiurus Linnaeus, 1758 (misspelling)
marine, brackish, terrestrial
Not documented
Description Distribution: Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific. Body extremely elongate and strongly compressed. Maxilla hidden by...
Description Distribution: Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific. Body extremely elongate and strongly compressed. Maxilla hidden by preorbitals. Jaws usually with fanglike teeth. Dorsal fin very long (extending over length of body); the soft-rayed part usually longer than the spinous part and the parts demarcated by a notch in some species. Caudal fin small, if present. Pectoral fin inserted low on body. Pelvic fin, if present, reduced to 1 scalelike spine and a vestigial soft ray. With 58-192 vertebrae (34-53 + 24-151). [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Trichiuridae Rafinesque, 1810. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125571 on 2024-11-21
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taxonomy source
Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details] Available for editors 
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context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2024). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2024., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
[request]context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2024). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2024., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Distribution: Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific. Body extremely elongate and strongly compressed. Maxilla hidden by preorbitals. Jaws usually with fanglike teeth. Dorsal fin very long (extending over length of body); the soft-rayed part usually longer than the spinous part and the parts demarcated by a notch in some species. Caudal fin small, if present. Pectoral fin inserted low on body. Pelvic fin, if present, reduced to 1 scalelike spine and a vestigial soft ray. With 58-192 vertebrae (34-53 + 24-151). [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | cutlassfishes | [details] |
| Japanese | タチウオ科 | [details] |
| Norwegian Bokmål | trådstjertfamilien | [details] |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | trådstjertfamilien | [details] |
| Swedish | hårstjärtfiskar | [details] |
