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Largehead Hairtail
俊仁 (Toshihito) 小林 (Kobayashi), CC BY-SA 4.0, via iNaturalist

Other fish (coast and sea)

Largehead Hairtail

Trichiurus lepturus Linnaeus, 1758

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishLargehead Hairtail
DutchHaarstaartdegenvis
SpanishCintilla
Chinese带鱼
Scientific nameTrichiurus lepturus Linnaeus, 1758

About this species

The largehead hairtail (Trichiurus lepturus) or beltfish is a member of the cutlassfish family, Trichiuridae. This common to abundant species is found in tropical and temperate oceans throughout the world. The taxonomy is not fully resolved, and the Atlantic, East Pacific and Northwest Pacific populations are also known as Atlantic cutlassfish, Pacific cutlassfish, respectively. This predatory, elongated fish supports major fisheries.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
OrderPerciformes
FamilyTrichiuridae
GenusTrichiurus

In Suriname

24Records in Suriname
1844First record
2016Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Marowijne1
  • Paramaribo1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

Records by month

All years combined.

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