Specimen image via iDigBio · BY
Trichiuridae
Sign in to saveAlso known as cutlassfish
The cutlassfishes are about 45 species of predatory ray-finned fish in the family Trichiuridae of the order Scombriformes 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.
OverviewAI-generated
Trichiuridae is a family of fish within the order Scombriformes, also classified under Perciformes. The group, commonly known as cutlassfishes, belongs to the class Teleostei and the phylum Chordata. The family was described by Rafinesque in 1810 and is currently accepted in taxonomic records. Its common name in Norwegian is trådstjertfamilien.
Members of this family inhabit marine and brackish environments. The temporal range for the group begins in the Eocene epoch. Occurrence data indicates records from locations including Jamaica, Sri Lanka, the United States, Thailand, and Vietnam. Specimens are held by institutions such as TCWC, YPM, USNM, MSUM, and UF.
Synthesized by Vinony from 31 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, Gbif Occ, WoRMS, iDigBio, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Species
cutlassfishes
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderPerciformes
- FamilyTrichiuridae
帶魚科為輻鰭魚綱鱸形目的一個科。中国黄海沿岸部分地区（如青岛、日照等）亦称其为“鱽鱼”或“鐮刀魚”。 目录 1 分布 2 特徵 3 分類 3.1 等鰭叉尾帶魚屬（Aphanopus） 3.2 剃刀帶魚屬（Assurger） 3.3 深海帶魚屬（Benthodesmus） 3.4 新月帶魚屬（Demissolinea） 3.5 小帶魚屬（Eupleurogrammus） 3.6 窄顱帶魚屬（Evoxymetopon） 3.7 叉尾帶魚屬（Lepidopus） 3.8 沙帶魚屬（Lepturacanthus） 3.9 狹顱帶魚屬（Tentoriceps） 3.10 帶魚屬（Trichiurus） 4 生態 5 参考文献 分布 本科魚類分布於全球溫帶水域。泳層面相當廣，白天或晴天下潛，夜晚或陰雨天上浮。 特徵 本科魚體特別細長，側扁如帶，向後逐漸纖細，尾鰭小或缺。無鱗片，但有明顯側線。頭長，吻端尖，下頷突出；口裂寬，銳齒一列，背鰭及臀鰭長直到尾端；腹鰭及胸鰭小。 分類 帶魚科其下分9個屬，如下： 等鰭叉尾帶魚屬（Aphanopus） 西太平洋等鰭叉尾帶魚（Aphanopus arigato） 貝氏等鰭叉尾帶魚（Aphanopus beckeri） 羊角等鰭叉尾帶魚（Aphanopus capricornis） 黑等鰭叉尾帶魚（Aphanopus carbo） 中間等鰭叉尾帶魚（Aphanopus intermedius） 小眼等鰭叉尾帶魚（Aphanopus microphthalmus） 米氏等鰭叉尾帶魚（Aphanopus miklhailini） 剃刀帶魚屬（Assurger） 長剃刀帶魚（Assurger anzac） 深海帶魚屬（Benthodesmus） 長體深海帶魚（Benthodesmus elongatus） 大眼深海帶魚（Benthodesmus macrophthalmus） 細尾深海帶魚（Benthodesmus neglectus） 少鰭深海帶魚（Benthodesmus oligoradiatus） 太平洋深海帶魚（Benthodesmus pacificus） 巴布亞深海帶魚（Benthodesmus papua） 西蒙深海帶魚（Benthodesmus simonyi） 蘇祿深海帶魚（Benthodesmus suluensis） 叉尾深海帶魚（Benthodesmus tenuis） 塔氏深海帶魚（Benthodesmus tuckeri） 維氏深海帶魚（Benthodesmus vityazi） 新月帶魚屬（Demissolinea） 新幾內亞新月帶魚（Demissolinea novaeguineensis） 小帶魚屬（Eupleurogrammus） 長牙小帶魚（Eupleurogrammus glossodon） 小帶魚（
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 447
- With media
- 5
- Family
- Trichiuridae
- Collections
- TCWC, YPM, USNM, MSUM, UF
- Recorded in
- Jamaica, Sri Lanka, United States, Thailand, Vietnam
~7 min read
Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Classification
- Timeline of genera
- References
- External links
The cutlassfishes are about 45 species of predatory ray-finned fish in the family Trichiuridae of the order Scombriformes 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.
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Trichiuridae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.