''Trichiurus'' is a genus of cutlassfishes belonging to the family Trichiuridae.

Species

Species within this genus include: * ''Trichiurus auriga'', Klunzinger, 1884 (Pearly hairtail) * ''Trichiurus australis'' Chakraborty, Burhanuddin & Yukio Iwatsuki, Iwatsuki, 2005. * ''Trichiurus brevis'', Wang & You, 1992 (Chinese short-tailed hairtail) * ''Trichiurus gangeticus'', Gupta, 1966 (Ganges hairtail) * ''Trichiurus lepturus'', Carl Linnaeus, Linnaeus, 10th edition of Systema Naturae, 1758 (Largehead hairtail) * ''Trichiurus margarites'', Li, 1992 * ''Trichiurus nanhaiensis'', Wang & Xu, 1992 * ''Trichiurus nickolensis'', Burhanuddin & Yukio Iwatsuki, Iwatsuki, 2003 (Australian short-tailed hairtail) * ''Trichiurus russelli'', Dutt & Thankam, 1966 (Short-tailed hairtail)

Extinct species

Extinct species within this genus include: * ''Trichiurus oshoshunensis'' Casier 1958 Extinct species lived from the Eocene epoch to the Quaternary period, approximately from 48.6 to 0.012 million years ago. Fossils have been found in the Eocene sediments of Antarctica, Nigeria, United Kingdom, United States, in the Miocene of Costa Rica, India, Mexico, Panama, Slovakia and in the Quaternary of United States.Fossilworks
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FOSSIL CUTLASSFISH (PERCIFORMES: TRICHIURIDAE) TEETH FROM THE LA MESETA FORMATION (EOCENE), SEYMOUR ISLAND, ANTARCTIC PENINSULA
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References

* Trichiuridae Ray-finned fish genera Extant Eocene first appearances Marine fish genera Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{Scombroidei-stub