''Eupleurogrammus'' is a genus of
cutlassfish
The cutlassfishes are about 45 species of predatory ray-finned fish in the family Trichiuridae of the order Scombriformes found in seas throughout the world. Fish of this family are long, slender, and generally steely blue or silver in colour, ...
from the
Indo-Pacific
The Indo-Pacific is a vast biogeographic region of Earth. In a narrow sense, sometimes known as the Indo-West Pacific or Indo-Pacific Asia, it comprises the tropical waters of the Indian Ocean, the western and central Pacific Ocean, and the ...
region. They are
benthopelagic fishes which occur mainly over the
continental shelf
A continental shelf is a portion of a continent that is submerged under an area of relatively shallow water, known as a shelf sea. Much of these shelves were exposed by drops in sea level during glacial periods. The shelf surrounding an islan ...
where they move upwards in the water column towards the surface at night and feed on small fishes,
squid
A squid (: squid) is a mollusc with an elongated soft body, large eyes, eight cephalopod limb, arms, and two tentacles in the orders Myopsida, Oegopsida, and Bathyteuthida (though many other molluscs within the broader Neocoleoidea are also ...
and crustaceans. They have very elongated and highly compressed bodies which tapers towards a posterior point.
Species
There are two species in the genus ''Eupleorogrammus'':
* ''
Eupleurogrammus glossodon'',
( Bleeker, 1860) (Longtooth hairtail)
* ''
Eupleurogrammus muticus'',
(Gray
Grey (more frequent in British English) or gray (more frequent in American English) is an intermediate color between black and white. It is a neutral or achromatic color, meaning that it has no chroma. It is the color of a cloud-covered s ...
, 1831) (Smallhead hairtail)
References
Trichiuridae
Marine fish genera
{{Scombroidei-stub