Silver scabbardfish

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Silver scabbardfish
Drawing of Lepidopus caudatus from The Royal Natural History (1896).jpg

Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
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 (Lepidopus caudatus), also known as the frostfish or beltfish is a benthopelagic 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. 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


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