Longtooth hairtail (Eupleurogrammus glossodon)

Scientific name: Eupleurogrammus glossodon Bleeker, 1860

Longtooth hairtail (Eupleurogrammus glossodon)

The Longtooth hairtail (Eupleurogrammus glossodon) is a marine fish of the family Trichiuridae. Native range: Indo-West Pacific, including the Persian Gulf, India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and Thailand.

Biology

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 118-132. Body extremely elongate, compressed and tapering to a point. Mouth large with a dermal process on the tip of each jaw. The lower hind margin of the gill cover convex. Lateral line running almost straight, closer to the ventral contour. Anal fins reduced to minute spinules buried in skin. Pelvic fins reduced to scale-like spines. Fresh specimens steely blue with metallic reflections, becoming silvery gray after death.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Eupleurogrammus glossodon
Family
Trichiuridae (Cutlassfishes)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
70.0
Common length
40.0
Depth range
80 m (262 ft)
Environment
Marine; benthopelagic; depth range ? - 80 m
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Indo-West Pacific: including the Persian Gulf, India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and Thailand.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: 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.

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