Silver scabbardfish | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Family: | Trichiuridae |
Genus: | Lepidopus |
Species: | L. caudatus |
Binomial name | |
Lepidopus caudatus (Euphrasen, 1788) |
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.