Life Science Identifier (LSID):

urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:ba412c62-cba4-49db-bc98-c8bcdbe3176d

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http://biocache.ala.org.au/ws/ogc/ows?q=species:Trichiurus lepturus
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Species presence: Recorded In Australia; Marine Habitats

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Source: Australian National Fish Collection Images
Image by: Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO
Rights: Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO

Description

The Largehead Hairtail has a elongate, compressed body that tapers to a pointed tip. There is no caudal fin. It has a large mouth with barbed fangs on the jaws. There are over 130 dorsal fin elements. In life, the fish is steel blue to silver coloured, which makes it very difficult to photograph underwater due to reflection from the camera flash.... source: Australian Museum Factsheets

Online resources

Australian Museum Factsheets: Description, Distribution, Morphology, Habitat
Australian National Fish Collection Images: Authoritative image
Encyclopedia of Life: Description, Images
Wikipedia: Reference, Images

Images

Names and sources

Accepted name	Source
Trichiurus lepturus	Australian Faunal Directory

Synonyms

Synonyms	Source
Trichiurus coxii Ramsay & Ogilby, 1887	Australian Faunal Directory
Published in: Ramsay, E.P. & Ogilby, J.D. 1887. Descriptions of new Australian fishes. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. Ser. 2 Vol. 2 (3) pp. 561-564

Common Names

Common name	Source
Largehead Hairtail Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist Australian Faunal Directory Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota
Atlantic Cutlassfish Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Encyclopedia of Life Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist
Australian Hairtail Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist Australian Faunal Directory
Cutlass Fish Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Australian Faunal Directory Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist
Hair Tail Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Australian Faunal Directory Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist
Ribbon Fish Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Australian Faunal Directory Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist
Common Hairtail Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist
Cox's Hairtail Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Australian Faunal Directory
Cutlass-fish Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist
Grey Ribbon Fish Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist
Hair-tail Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist
Large Headed Hairtail Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist
Large-head Ribbonfish Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist
Large-headed Hairtail Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Australian Faunal Directory
Largeheaded Ribbonfish Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist
Northern Hairtail Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Australian Faunal Directory
Pacific Cutlassfish Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist
Silverfish Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist

Working classification

kingdom: ANIMALIA

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Name references found in the Biodiversity Heritage Library

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Trichiurus lepturus Linnaeus, 1758

Largehead Hairtail