Cutlassfish
Sägedegenfisch ( Assurger Ansac )
Hair tails ( Trichiuridae ) are a family of predatory fish, the ocean live in the warmer parts of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian in the deeper zones. There are 44 species in nine genera and three subfamilies.
- 4.1 Literature
- 4.2 Notes and references
- 4.3 External links
Features
Hair tails are long depending on the type 18 centimeters to 2.30 meters. They have a long, ribbon-shaped, laterally strongly flattened body. The front fanged mouth column reaches up to the eyes, the lower jaw of the pointed snout faces. The dorsal fin extends almost over the entire body, the caudal fin is small and bifurcated, or absent, the ventral fin is reduced to a sting, the anal fin usually missing. The animals do not have scales. Before the eyes is only ever an outer nostril. The swirl number is 98 to 192
System
Subfamily Aphanopodinae
In the subfamily Aphanopodinae the caudal fin is small and forked. The small ventral fin has a scale-like spine and a rudimentary soft fin ray. Partial lose adult animals the ventral fins. The long dorsal fin is divided by an incision in the 38-46 fin rays supported hartstrahligen and the soft-rayed part.
- Aphanopus Aphanopus carbo Aphanopus arigato Parin, 1994
- Aphanopus beckeri Parin, 1994
- Aphanopus capricornis Parin, 1994
- Aphanopus intermedius Parin, 1983
- Aphanopus microphthalmus Norman, 1939
- Aphanopus mikhailini Parin, 1983
- Benthodesmus elongatus Clarke, 1879
- Benthodesmus macrophthalmus Parin & Becker, 1970
- Benthodesmus neglectus Parin, 1976
- Benthodesmus oligoradiatus Parin & Becker, 1970
- Benthodesmus pacificus Parin & Becker, 1970
- Benthodesmus papua Parin, 1978 Benthodesmus tenuis
- Benthodesmus simonyi Steindachner, 1891
- Benthodesmus suluensis Parin, 1976
- Benthodesmus tenuis Günther, 1877
- Benthodesmus tuckeri Parin & Becker, 1970
- Benthodesmus Vityazi Parin & Becker, 1970
Subfamily Lepidopodinae
In the subfamily Lepidopodinae the caudal fin is small and forked or absent. The pelvic fins are rudimentary. The long dorsal fin is undivided and has three to ten spines. The side line falls behind the pectoral fins from stepwise.
- Assurger Sägedegenfisch ( Assurger Ansac ) Alexander, 1917
- Eupleurogrammus glossodon ( Bleeker, 1860)
- Eupleurogrammus muticus (Gray, 1831)
- Evoxymetopon macrophthalmus Chakraborty, Yoshino & Iwatsuki, 2006
- Evoxymetopon moricheni Fricke et al., 2014
- Evoxymetopon poeyi Günther, 1887
- Evoxymetopon taeniatus Gill, 1863
- Lepidopus altifrons Parin & Collette, 1993
- Lepidopus calcar Parin & Mikhailin, 1982
- Lepidopus caudate ( Euphrasen, 1788)
- Lepidopus dubius Parin & Mikhailin, 1981
- Lepidopus fitchi Rosenblatt & Wilson, 1987
- Lepidopus manis Rosenblatt & Wilson, 1987
- Tentoriceps cristatus ( Klunzinger, 1884)
Subfamily Trichiurinae
In the subfamily Trichiurinae missing tail fin and Hypuralia, pelvic fins and pelvic girdle. The long dorsal fin is undivided and has three or four spines. The side line falls behind the pectoral fins off suddenly and then passes close to the ventral side.
- Demissolinea Demissolinea novaeguineensis Burhanuddin & Iwatsuki, 2003
- Lepturacanthus pantului ( Gupta, 1966)
- Lepturacanthus Savala ( Cuvier, 1829)
- Trichiurus auriga Klunzinger, 1884
- Trichiurus australis Chakraborty, Burhanuddin & Iwatsuki, 2005.
- Trichiurus brevis Wang and You, 1992
- Trichiurus gangeticus Gupta, 1966
- Trichiurus lepturus Linnaeus, 1758
- Trichiurus margarites Li, 1992
- Trichiurus nanhaiensis Wang & Xu, 1992
- Trichiurus nickolensis Burhanuddin & Iwatsuki, 2003
- Trichiurus russelli Dutt & Thankam, 1966
Fossil record
There are various fossil hair tails known, including Eutrichiurus delheidi from the Oligocene of Wiesloch (Baden ) and a Lepidopus species from the Pliocene of Licata ( Sicily).