''Lepidopus'' is a genus of
cutlassfishes.
Fossil record
These fishes lived from the
Oligocene
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to
Quaternary
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(from 33.9 to 1.806 million years ago). Fossils have been found in Italy, Cyprus, Greece, Azerbaijan, the Czech Republic, Germany and Hungary.
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Species
Species within this genus include:Lepidopus altifrons
''Lepidopus'' is a genus of cutlassfishes.
Fossil record
These fishes lived from the Oligocene to Quaternary (from 33.9 to 1.806 million years ago). Fossils have been found in Italy, Cyprus, Greece, Azerbaijan, the Czech Republic, Germany and H ...
'', Parin & Collette, 1993 (Crested scabbardfish)
* ''Lepidopus calcar
''Lepidopus'' is a genus of cutlassfishes.
Fossil record
These fishes lived from the Oligocene to Quaternary (from 33.9 to 1.806 million years ago). Fossils have been found in Italy, Cyprus, Greece, Azerbaijan, the Czech Republic, Germany and ...
'', Parin & Mikhailin, 1982 (Hawaiian ridge scabbardfish)
* ''Lepidopus caudatus
The silver scabbardfish (''Lepidopus caudatus''), also known as the frostfish or beltfish is a benthopelagic cutlassfish of the family Trichiuridae found throughout the temperate seas of the world. It grows to over in length.
Behaviour
''Le ...
'', ( Euphrasen, 1788) (Silver scabbardfish)
* '' Lepidopus dubius'', Parin & Mikhailin, 1981 (Doubtful scabbardfish)
* ''Lepidopus fitchi
''Lepidopus'' is a genus of cutlassfishes.
Fossil record
These fishes lived from the Oligocene to Quaternary (from 33.9 to 1.806 million years ago). Fossils have been found in Italy, Cyprus, Greece, Azerbaijan, the Czech Republic, Germany and H ...
'', Rosenblatt & Wilson, 1987 (Fitch's scabbardfish)
* ''Lepidopus manis
''Lepidopus'' is a genus of cutlassfishes.
Fossil record
These fishes lived from the Oligocene to Quaternary
The Quaternary ( ) is the current and most recent of the three periods of the Cenozoic Era in the geologic time scale of the I ...
'', Rosenblatt & Wilson, 1987 (Ghost scabbardfish)
Bibliography
* D'Onghia, G., F. Mastrototaro i P. Maiorano, 2000. Biology of silver scabbard fish, Lepidopus caudatus (Trichiuridae), from the Ionian Sea (Eastern-Central Mediterranean). Cybium 24(3):249-262.
* Fritzsche, R.A., 1982. Osteichthyes. A: Parker, S.P., Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms, vol. 2. McGraw-Hill, New York: 858-944.
* Parin, N. V. & Mikhailin, S. V., 1981. A new species of cutlassfish, Lepidopus dubius (Trichiuridae), from the eastern tropical Atlantic Ocean. Voprosy Ikhtiologii v. 21 (núm. 3): 403-410.
* Parin, N. V. & Mikhailin, S. V., 1982. Lepidopus calcar, a new trichiurid fish from the Hawaiian underwater ridge. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology v. 29 (n. 1): 27-30.
* Portsev, P.I. i Y.K. Nikolaev, 1984. First discovery of frostfish, Lepidopus caudatus (Trichiuridae), in the Black sea. J. Ichthyol. 24(2):108
* Rosenblatt, R. H. & Wilson, R. R. Jr., 1987. Cutlassfishes of the genus Lepidopus (Trichiuridae), with two new eastern Pacific species. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology v. 33 (n. 4): 342-351.
* Rosenblatt, R. H. & Wilson, R. R., Jr., 1987. Cutlassfishes of the genus Lepidopus (Trichiuridae), with two new eastern Pacific species. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology v. 33 (núm. 4): 342-351.
* Tuset, V.M., J.A. González, J.I. Santana, A. Moreno-Lopez i M.M. Garcia-Diaz, 2006. Reproductive pattern and growth in Lepidopus caudatus (Osteichthyes, Trichiuridae) from the Canary Islands (Eastern-Central Atlantic). Electronic Journal of ichthyology 1:26-37.
References
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