Overview
Family : Cutlassfishes ; Inhabits coastal waters and often comes near the surface at night. Feeds on crustaceans, squid and fishes (species of Atherina , Stolephorus , Leiognathus , Eupleurogrammus , etc. ) in Palk Bay , India. Caught mainly with shore seines, bag nets and bottom trawls in coastal waters down to 50 m depth in West Bengal to Madras, Palk Bay and Gulf of Myanmar. Marketed mostly dried, mixed with other trichiurids, also salted or fresh.
Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in Danish:
Langtandet H, Langtandet hårhale
Common Names in English:
Bleeker´s Ribbonfish, Bleeker's ribbonfish, longtooth hairtail
Common Names in French:
Poisson sabre dentu, Poisson-sabre dentu
Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:
長牙小帶魚, 长牙小带鱼
Common Names in Spanish:
Pez Sable Dent, Pez sable dentón
Common Names in Vietnamese:
Cá H? rang dài, Cá Hố răng dài
Description
Habitat
Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -1 meters (0 to -3 feet).[1]
Biome: Saltwater . Benthopelagic.
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Class:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
()
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
()
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
()
- Superorder:
Acanthopterygii
()
- Order:
Perciformes
()
-
- Suborder:
Scombroidei
()
- Family:
Trichiuridae
()
- Subfamily:
Lepidopodinae
()
- Genus:
Eupleurogrammus
()
- Gill, 1863
- Specific name:
glossodon
- Scientific name: - Eupleurogrammus glossodon (Bleeker, 1860)
- Specific name:
glossodon
- Genus:
Eupleurogrammus
(
- Subfamily:
Lepidopodinae
(
- Family:
Trichiuridae
(
- Suborder:
Scombroidei
(
- Order:
Perciformes
(
- Superorder:
Acanthopterygii
(
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
(
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
(
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
(
- Class:
Osteichthyes
(
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Eupleurogrammus glossodon • Eupleurogrammus intermedius (Gray • Trichiurus glossodon • Trichiurus glossodon Bleeker • Trichiurus glossodon Bleeker, 1860 • Trichiurus intermedius Gray
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: Data
last modified by FishBase 24-Feb-1994
Similar Species
Members of the genus Eupleurogrammus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 2 species and subspecies in this genus:
E. glossodon (Bleeker´s Ribbonfish) · E. muticus (Gray´s Ribbonfish)
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Further Reading
- Kapoor, D., R. Dayal and A.G. Ponniah (2002). Fish biodiversity of India. National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources Lucknow, India.775 p.
- Nakamura, I. and N.V. Parin (1993). FAO species catalogue. Snake mackerels and cutlassfishes of the world (Families Gempylidae and Trichiuridae). FAO Fish. Synop. 15(125):136 p.
- Nakamura, I. and N.V. Parin 1997. Snake Mackerels and Cutlassfishes of the world (Families Gempylidae and Trichiuridae): An annotated and illustrated catalogue of snake mackerels, snoeks, escolars, gemfishes, sackfishes, domine, oilfish, cutlassfishes, scabbardfishes, hairtails. FAO Fisheries Synopsis (125), vol. 15. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Rome, Italy.
- Nakamura, I., and N. V. Parin 1993. Snake Mackerels and Cutlassfishes of the World (Families Gempylidae and Trichiuridae): An Annotated and Illustrated Catalogue of the Snake Mackerels, Snoeks, Escolars, Gemfishes, Sackfishes, Domine, Oilfish, Cutlassfishes, Scabbardfishes, Hairtails. FAO Fisheries Synopsis, no. 125, vol. 15. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Rome, Italy. vii + 136. ISBN: 92-5-103124-X.
- Randall, J.E. (1995). Coastal fishes of Oman. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. 439 p.
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
- FishBase
- FishBase 2006.
- FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 01, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
- Parin, Nikolay V. (from FishBase).
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 01, 2008:
- FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
- GBIF-Sweden: Fishes (NRM)
- Museum national d'histoire naturelle: Ichtyologie
- National Chemical Laboratory: IndOBIS, Indian Ocean Node of OBIS
- OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider: Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 126919
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-27058
- Fishbase Species ID: 8567
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 551139
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 110449
Footnotes
- Mean = 4.000 meters (13.123 feet), Standard Deviation = 7.070 based on 2 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
