Eupleurogrammus

<i>Eupleurogrammus</i>

Eupleurogrammus

Genus of fishes

Eupleurogrammus is a genus of cutlassfish from the Indo-Pacific region. They are benthopelagic fishes which occur mainly over the continental shelf where they move upwards in the water column towards the surface at night and feed on small fishes, squid and crustaceans. They have very elongated and highly compressed bodies which tapers towards a posterior point.[1]

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Species

There are two species in the genus Eupleorogrammus:[2]

  • Eupleurogrammus glossodon, (Bleeker, 1860) (Longtooth hairtail)
  • Eupleurogrammus muticus, (Gray, 1831) (Smallhead hairtail)

References

  1. [1]
    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.
  2. [2]
    Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Species of Eupleurogrammus in FishBase. February 2018 version.
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