Trichiurus lepturus Linnaeus, 1758

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Rank
SPECIES: Published in
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia: phylum
Chordata: order
Perciformes: family
Trichiuridae: genus
Trichiurus: species
Trichiurus lepturus

Name

Synonyms: Clupea haumela Forsskål, 1775; Trachiurus lepturus Linnaeus, 1758; Trichiuris haumela (Forsskål, 1775); Trichiurus argenteus Shaw, 1803; Trichiurus coxii Ramsay & Ogilby, 1887; Trichiurus electricus Forster, 1795; Trichiurus hamrela Bloch & Schneider, 1801; Trichiurus haumela (Forsskål, 1775); Trichiurus japanicus Temminck & Schlegel, 1844; Trichiurus japonicus Temminck & Schlegel, 1844; Trichiurus lajor Bleeker, 1854; Trichiurus lepturus japonicus Temminck & Schlegel, 1844; Trichiurus malabaricus Day, 1865; Trichiurus nitens Garman, 1899; Trichurus lepturus Linnaeus, 1758; Trichyurus lepturus Linnaeus, 1758
Homonyms: Trichiurus lepturus Linnaeus, 1758
Common names: Atlantic cutlass fish in English; Atlantic cutlass fish in English; Atlantic cutlassfish in English; Atlantic cutlassfish in English; Atlantic cutlassfish in English; Atlantic cutlassfish in English; Australian hairtail in English; Australian hairtail in English; Beltfish in English; Blade-fish in English; Chibata in Portuguese; Cinta in Spanish; Cintilla in Spanish; Common Hairtail in English; Corbata in Spanish; Correa in Spanish; Cox's Hairtail in English; Cutlass Fish in English; Cutlass-fish in English; Degenfisch in German; Espada in Spanish; Espada in Spanish; Espada-lírio in Portuguese; Grey Ribbon Fish in English; Haarschwanz in German; Haarschwanz in German; Haarschwanz in German; Hair tail in English; Hair-tail in English; Hairtail in English; Huotrakala in Finnish; Hårhale in Danish; Hårhale in Danish; Hårstjärt in Swedish; Hårstjärt in Swedish; Ikan Beledang in Indonesian; Japanese Cutlassfish in English; Kilkuyruk in Turkish; Large Headed Hairtail in English; Large-head Ribbonfish in English; Large-headed Hairtail in English; Largehead hairtail in English; Largehead hairtail, Hairtail in English; Largeheaded Ribbonfish in English; Layur in Indonesian; Lírio in Portuguese; Lírio in Portuguese; Machete in Spanish; Northern Hairtail in English; Pacific cutlassfish in English

Bibliographic References

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