Lepturacanthus is a genus of cutlassfish from the Indo-Pacific region. They are benthopelagic species of waters over the continental shelf, it is a predator of a variety of small coastal fishes, squid and crustaceans.[1]
| Lepturacanthus | |
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| Lepturacanthus savala | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Istiophoriformes |
| Family: | Trichiuridae |
| Subfamily: | Trichiurinae |
| Genus: | Lepturacanthus Fowler, 1905 |
| Type species | |
| Trichiurus savala Cuvier, 1829
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Species
editThe following species comprise the genus Lepturacanthus:[2]
- Lepturacanthus pantului, (Gupta, 1966) (Coromandel hairtail)
- Lepturacanthus roelandti (Bleeker, 1860)
- Lepturacanthus savala, (Cuvier, 1829) (Savalani hairtail)
References
edit- ^ I. Nakamura & N. V. Parin (1993). FAO Species Catalogue Vol. 15. Snake MackerelsS 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, and Frostfishes Known to Date (PDF). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. pp. 84–85. ISBN 92-5-103124-X. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Lepturacanthus". FishBase. February 2018 version.
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