Crested hairtail (Tentoriceps cristatus)

Scientific name: Tentoriceps cristatus Klunzinger, 1884

Crested hairtail (Tentoriceps cristatus)

The Crested hairtail (Tentoriceps cristatus) is a marine fish of the family Trichiuridae.

Biology

Dorsal spines (total): 5; Dorsal soft rays (total): 126-144; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 47 - 50. Body extremely elongate, compressed and tapering to a point. Pelvic fins reduced to scale-like processes; caudal fin absent. Lateral line running almost straight mid laterally nearer the ventral than the dorsal contour. Color is silvery white becoming silvery gray with dark cloud-like patches after death.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Tentoriceps cristatus
Family
Trichiuridae (Cutlassfishes)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
90.0
Common length
50.0
Depth range
30–110 m (98–361 ft)
Environment
Marine; benthopelagic; depth range 30 - 110 m
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea, Mozambique Channel, Saya de Malha Bank, Chagos Islands, Andaman Sea, northern and southeastern Australia, South China Sea, East China Sea, Tasman Sea, Philippines, and southern Japan.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: minor commercial
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Last updated