Biology:Lepidopus
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Short description: Genus of fishes
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| Drawing of Lepidopus caudatus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scombriformes |
| Family: | Trichiuridae |
| Subfamily: | Lepidopodinae |
| Genus: | Lepidopus Goüan, 1770 |
| Type species | |
| Lepidopus gouanianus Lacepède, 1800
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Lepidopus is a genus of fishes belonging to the family Trichiuridae.[1]
Fossil record
These fishes lived from the Oligocene to Quaternary (from 33.9 to 1.806 million years ago). Fossils have been found in Italy, Cyprus, Greece, Azerbaijan, the Czech Republic, Germany and Hungary.[2]
Species
Species within this genus include:[3]
- Lepidopus altifrons, Parin & Collette, 1993 (Crested scabbardfish)
- Lepidopus calcar, Parin & Mikhailin, 1982 (Hawaiian ridge scabbardfish)
- Lepidopus caudatus, (Euphrasen, 1788) (Silver scabbardfish)
- Lepidopus dubius, Parin & Mikhailin, 1981 (Doubtful scabbardfish)
- Lepidopus fitchi , Rosenblatt & Wilson, 1987 (Fitch's scabbardfish)
- Lepidopus manis, Rosenblatt & Wilson, 1987 (Ghost scabbardfish)
Bibliography
- D'Onghia, G., F. Mastrototaro i P. Maiorano, 2000. Biology of silver scabbard fish, Lepidopus caudatus (Trichiuridae), from the Ionian Sea (Eastern-Central Mediterranean). Cybium 24(3):249-262.
- Fritzsche, R.A., 1982. Osteichthyes. A: Parker, S.P., Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms, vol. 2. McGraw-Hill, New York: 858-944.
- Parin, N. V. & Mikhailin, S. V., 1981. A new species of cutlassfish, Lepidopus dubius (Trichiuridae), from the eastern tropical Atlantic Ocean. Voprosy Ikhtiologii v. 21 (núm. 3): 403-410.
- Parin, N. V. & Mikhailin, S. V., 1982. Lepidopus calcar, a new trichiurid fish from the Hawaiian underwater ridge. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology v. 29 (n. 1): 27-30.
- Portsev, P.I. i Y.K. Nikolaev, 1984. First discovery of frostfish, Lepidopus caudatus (Trichiuridae), in the Black sea. J. Ichthyol. 24(2):108
- Rosenblatt, R. H. & Wilson, R. R. Jr., 1987. Cutlassfishes of the genus Lepidopus (Trichiuridae), with two new eastern Pacific species. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology v. 33 (n. 4): 342-351.
- Rosenblatt, R. H. & Wilson, R. R., Jr., 1987. Cutlassfishes of the genus Lepidopus (Trichiuridae), with two new eastern Pacific species. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology v. 33 (núm. 4): 342-351.
- Tuset, V.M., J.A. González, J.I. Santana, A. Moreno-Lopez i M.M. Garcia-Diaz, 2006. Reproductive pattern and growth in Lepidopus caudatus (Osteichthyes, Trichiuridae) from the Canary Islands (Eastern-Central Atlantic). Electronic Journal of ichthyology 1:26-37.
References
- ↑ Catalogue of species
- ↑ Paleobiology Database
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Species of Lepidopus in FishBase. February 2018 version.
Wikidata ☰ Q2246991 entry
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