Scientific Name
Lepturacanthus pantului
Common Name
Coromandel hairtail
Biology
Dorsal
spines
(total): 3;
Dorsal
soft rays
(total): 121-131;
Anal
spines: 2;
Anal
soft rays: 74 - 84. Body extremely elongate, compressed and tapering to a point. Anal fin reduced to a long spine and 74 - 84 smaller spinules; pelvic and caudal fins absent. Lateral line running nearer the ventral contour than the dorsal contour of the body. Body color steely blue with metallic reflections in fresh specimens, becoming silvery gray after death.