''Evoxymetopon'' is a

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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, ...

found in all

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s. It is one of nine genera in the family Trichiuridae.

Species

There are currently four recognized

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in this genus: * '' Evoxymetopon macrophthalmus''

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, Yoshino & Iwatsuki, 2006 (Bigeye scabbardfish) Chakraborty, A., Yoshino, T. & Iwatsuki, Y. (2006): A new species of scabbardfish, ''Evoxymetopon macrophthalmus'' (Scombroidei: Trichiuridae), from Okinawa, Japan. ''Ichthyological Research, 53 (2): 137-142.'' * '' Evoxymetopon moricheni'' Fricke, Golani & Appelbaum-Golani, 2014 Fricke, R., Golani, D. & Appelbaum-Golani, B. (2014): ''Evoxymetopon moricheni'', a new cutlassfish from the northern Red Sea (Teleostei: Trichiuridae). ''Ichthyological Research, 61 (3): 293-297.'' * '' Evoxymetopon poeyi'' Günther, 1887 (Poey's scabbardfish) * ''

Evoxymetopon taeniatus ''Evoxymetopon taeniatus'', commonly known as channel scabbardfish, tyranfish,and tyrant fish, is a silvery, elongated species of cutlass fish The cutlassfishes are about 45 species of predatory ray-finned fish in the family Trichiuridae of t ...

'' T. N. Gill, 1863 (Channel scabbardfish)

References

Trichiuridae Marine fish genera Taxa named by Theodore Gill {{Scombroidei-stub