''Eupleurogrammus'' is a genus of cutlassfish 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 island ...

where they move upwards in the water column towards the surface at night and feed on small fishes,

squid True squid are molluscs with an elongated soft body, large eyes, eight arms, and two tentacles in the superorder Decapodiformes, though many other molluscs within the broader Neocoleoidea are also called squid despite not strictly fitting t ...

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 ''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 f ...

'', ( Bleeker, 1860) (Longtooth hairtail) * ''

Eupleurogrammus muticus ''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 f ...

'', ( Gray, 1831) (Smallhead hairtail)

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q2414057 Trichiuridae Marine fish genera