WoRMS taxon details
Trichiurus lepturus Linnaeus, 1758
127089 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127089)
accepted
Species
Clupea haumela Forsskål, 1775 · unaccepted
Trachiurus lepturus Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Trichiuris haumela (Forsskål, 1775) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Trichiurus argenteus Shaw, 1803 · unaccepted
Trichiurus coxii Ramsay & Ogilby, 1887 · unaccepted
Trichiurus haumela (Forsskål, 1775) · unaccepted
Trichiurus japanicus Temminck & Schlegel, 1844 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Trichiurus lajor Bleeker, 1854 · unaccepted
Trichiurus malabaricus Day, 1865 · unaccepted
Trichiurus nitens Garman, 1899 · unaccepted
Trichurus lepturus Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Trichyurus lepturus Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 246 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 246 [details] Available for editors

Description Occurs on continental shelf, occasionally in shallow waters and at surface at night. Generally found on muddy bottoms of...
Distribution Worldwide distribution, except eastern Pacific, in warm seas. Western Atlantic north to Massachusetts, common from...
Description Occurs on continental shelf, occasionally in shallow waters and at surface at night. Generally found on muddy bottoms of shallow coastal waters and may often penetrate estuaries (Ref.9351). Immature fish feed mostly on euphausiids, small pelagic planktonic crustaceans, small fishes while adults feed on anchovies, sardines, myctophiids etc. and occasionally on squids and crustaceans. Adults and juveniles have opposing complementary vertical diurnal feeding migration. Large adults usually feed on pelagic prey near the surface during the daytime and migrate to the bottom at night. Juveniles and small adults form schools 100 m above the bottom during the daytime and form loose feeding aggregations at night-time near the surface where they prey on planktonic organisms. Caught in estuaries and offshore waters throughout the world (Ref. 9688). Also caught with encircling nets (Ref. 9351). Marketed salted/dried and also frozen (Ref. 9351). Excellent taste when fried or grilled; also for sashimi when fresh. [details]
Distribution Worldwide distribution, except eastern Pacific, in warm seas. Western Atlantic north to Massachusetts, common from...
Distribution Worldwide distribution, except eastern Pacific, in warm seas. Western Atlantic north to Massachusetts, common from Chesapeake Bay south. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Trichiurus lepturus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127089 on 2025-02-19
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original description
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 246 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Clupea haumela Forsskål, 1775) Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059
page(s): 72, xiii [details]
original description (of Trichiurus argenteus Shaw, 1803) Shaw, G. (1803). General zoology or systematic natural history . <em>Pisces. G. Kearsley, London, 1800-1826.</em> vol. 4 (1803) and vol. 5 (1804). [Series is 14 vols., 1800-1826.]. v. 4: (pt. 1) i-v + 1-186, Pls. 1-25; (pt 2), i-xiii + 187-632, Pls. 26-92.
page(s): 90, Pl. 12 [details]
original description (of Trichiurus lajor Bleeker, 1854) Bleeker, P. (1854). Vijfde bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van Celebes. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> v. 7 (no. 2): 225-260. [details]
original description (of Trichiurus malabaricus Day, 1865) Day, F. (1865). On the fishes of Cochin, on the Malabar coast of India. Part I. Acanthopterygii. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1865 (pt 1) (art. 1): 2-40.
page(s): 20 [details]
original description (of Trichiurus nitens Garman, 1899) Garman, S. (1899). The Fishes. <em>In: Reports on an exploration off the west coasts of Mexico, Central and South America, and off the Galapagos Islands ... by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer "Albatross," during 1891 ... No. XXVI. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology v. 24: Text: 1-431, Atlas: Pls. 1-85 + A-N.</em> [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (HKRMS) ERM. (1998). Fisheries resources and fishing operations in Hong Kong waters. Final report. Submitted to Agriculture & Fisheries Department, The Hong Kong SAR Government. [details]
context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Fritzsche, 1978 [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Wheeler, A. (1992). A list of the common and scientific names of fishes of the British Isles. <i>J. Fish Biol. 41(Suppl. A)</i>: 1-37 (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 246 [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
page(s): 246 [details] Available for editors

original description (of Clupea haumela Forsskål, 1775) Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059
page(s): 72, xiii [details]
original description (of Trichiurus argenteus Shaw, 1803) Shaw, G. (1803). General zoology or systematic natural history . <em>Pisces. G. Kearsley, London, 1800-1826.</em> vol. 4 (1803) and vol. 5 (1804). [Series is 14 vols., 1800-1826.]. v. 4: (pt. 1) i-v + 1-186, Pls. 1-25; (pt 2), i-xiii + 187-632, Pls. 26-92.
page(s): 90, Pl. 12 [details]
original description (of Trichiurus lajor Bleeker, 1854) Bleeker, P. (1854). Vijfde bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van Celebes. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> v. 7 (no. 2): 225-260. [details]
original description (of Trichiurus malabaricus Day, 1865) Day, F. (1865). On the fishes of Cochin, on the Malabar coast of India. Part I. Acanthopterygii. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1865 (pt 1) (art. 1): 2-40.
page(s): 20 [details]
original description (of Trichiurus nitens Garman, 1899) Garman, S. (1899). The Fishes. <em>In: Reports on an exploration off the west coasts of Mexico, Central and South America, and off the Galapagos Islands ... by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer "Albatross," during 1891 ... No. XXVI. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology v. 24: Text: 1-431, Atlas: Pls. 1-85 + A-N.</em> [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (HKRMS) ERM. (1998). Fisheries resources and fishing operations in Hong Kong waters. Final report. Submitted to Agriculture & Fisheries Department, The Hong Kong SAR Government. [details]
context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Fritzsche, 1978 [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Wheeler, A. (1992). A list of the common and scientific names of fishes of the British Isles. <i>J. Fish Biol. 41(Suppl. A)</i>: 1-37 (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 246 [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]





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Description Occurs on continental shelf, occasionally in shallow waters and at surface at night. Generally found on muddy bottoms of shallow coastal waters and may often penetrate estuaries (Ref.9351). Immature fish feed mostly on euphausiids, small pelagic planktonic crustaceans, small fishes while adults feed on anchovies, sardines, myctophiids etc. and occasionally on squids and crustaceans. Adults and juveniles have opposing complementary vertical diurnal feeding migration. Large adults usually feed on pelagic prey near the surface during the daytime and migrate to the bottom at night. Juveniles and small adults form schools 100 m above the bottom during the daytime and form loose feeding aggregations at night-time near the surface where they prey on planktonic organisms. Caught in estuaries and offshore waters throughout the world (Ref. 9688). Also caught with encircling nets (Ref. 9351). Marketed salted/dried and also frozen (Ref. 9351). Excellent taste when fried or grilled; also for sashimi when fresh. [details]Distribution Worldwide distribution, except eastern Pacific, in warm seas. Western Atlantic north to Massachusetts, common from Chesapeake Bay south. [details]
Habitat nektonic [details]
Language | Name | |
---|---|---|
Albanian | peshku shiritpeshk thikë | [details] |
Dutch | haarstaartdegenvis | [details] |
English | Pacific cutlassfish [from synonym]largehead hairtailhairtailAtlantic cutlassfishAtlantic cutlass fish | [details] |
French | poisson-sabre commun | [details] |
German | Haarschwanz | [details] |
Hebrew | רצוען דק-זנב | [details] |
Japanese | タチウオ | [details] |
Modern Greek (1453-) | Λέπτουρο σπαθόψαρο | [details] |
Norwegian Bokmål | trådstjert | [details] |
Norwegian Nynorsk | trådstjert | [details] |
Russian | обыкновенная сабля-рыбаВолосохвост обыкновенный | [details] |
Spanish | sable del Pacífico [from synonym]sable del Atlántico | [details] |
Turkish | kilkuyruk baligi | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (447 barcodes)
To Barcode of Life (9 barcodes) (from synonym Trichiurus nitens Garman, 1899)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Trichiurus lajor Bleeker, 1854)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Trichiurus nitens Garman, 1899)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications) (from synonym Trichiurus argenteus Shaw, 1803)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Trichurus lepturus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (32 publications) (from synonym Clupea haumela Forsskål, 1775)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (356 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Trichiurus malabaricus Day, 1865)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Trichiurus coxii Ramsay & Ogilby, 1887)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (94 publications) (from synonym Trichiurus haumela (Forsskål, 1775))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Trichiurus haumela) (from synonym Trichiurus haumela (Forsskål, 1775))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Trichiurus lepturus)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Trichiurus nitens) (from synonym Trichiurus nitens Garman, 1899)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Clupea haumela Forsskål, 1775)
To FishBase (from synonym Trichiurus coxii Ramsay & Ogilby, 1887)
To FishBase (from synonym Trichurus lepturus Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishBase (from synonym Trichiurus nitens Garman, 1899)
To FishBase (from synonym Trichiurus argenteus Shaw, 1803)
To FishBase (from synonym Trichiurus lajor Bleeker, 1854)
To FishBase (from synonym Trichiurus malabaricus Day, 1865)
To FishBase (from synonym Trichiurus haumela (Forsskål, 1775))
To FishBase (from synonym Trichyurus lepturus Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishBase (from synonym Trichiuris haumela (Forsskål, 1775))
To FishBase (from synonym Trichiurus japanicus Temminck & Schlegel, 1844)
To FishBase images (Trichiurus lepturus, by CSIRO)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 9 proteins) (from synonym Trichiurus nitens Garman, 1899)
To GenBank (1013 nucleotides; 570 proteins)
To GenBank (82 nucleotides; 26 proteins) (from synonym Clupea haumela Forsskål, 1775)
To GenBank (82 nucleotides; 26 proteins) (from synonym Trichiurus haumela (Forsskål, 1775))
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Trichiurus lepturus FIN034850 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Trichiurus lepturus FIN034851 Slide 120 mm)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (9 barcodes) (from synonym Trichiurus nitens Garman, 1899)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Trichiurus lajor Bleeker, 1854)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Trichiurus nitens Garman, 1899)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications) (from synonym Trichiurus argenteus Shaw, 1803)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Trichurus lepturus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (32 publications) (from synonym Clupea haumela Forsskål, 1775)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (356 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Trichiurus malabaricus Day, 1865)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Trichiurus coxii Ramsay & Ogilby, 1887)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (94 publications) (from synonym Trichiurus haumela (Forsskål, 1775))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Trichiurus haumela) (from synonym Trichiurus haumela (Forsskål, 1775))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Trichiurus lepturus)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Trichiurus nitens) (from synonym Trichiurus nitens Garman, 1899)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Clupea haumela Forsskål, 1775)
To FishBase (from synonym Trichiurus coxii Ramsay & Ogilby, 1887)
To FishBase (from synonym Trichurus lepturus Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishBase (from synonym Trichiurus nitens Garman, 1899)
To FishBase (from synonym Trichiurus argenteus Shaw, 1803)
To FishBase (from synonym Trichiurus lajor Bleeker, 1854)
To FishBase (from synonym Trichiurus malabaricus Day, 1865)
To FishBase (from synonym Trichiurus haumela (Forsskål, 1775))
To FishBase (from synonym Trichyurus lepturus Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishBase (from synonym Trichiuris haumela (Forsskål, 1775))
To FishBase (from synonym Trichiurus japanicus Temminck & Schlegel, 1844)
To FishBase images (Trichiurus lepturus, by CSIRO)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 9 proteins) (from synonym Trichiurus nitens Garman, 1899)
To GenBank (1013 nucleotides; 570 proteins)
To GenBank (82 nucleotides; 26 proteins) (from synonym Clupea haumela Forsskål, 1775)
To GenBank (82 nucleotides; 26 proteins) (from synonym Trichiurus haumela (Forsskål, 1775))
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Trichiurus lepturus FIN034850 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Trichiurus lepturus FIN034851 Slide 120 mm)
To PESI
To ITIS