Silver scabbardfish
| 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.
Silver scabbardfish sold in Syracuse (Italy)
References
- Froese, Rainer and 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