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Lepidopus caudatus  (Euphrasen, 1788)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 172391

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Lepidopus xantusi Goode and Bean, 1896
  
    Lepidopus argenteus Bonnaterre, 1788
  
    Scarcina argyrea Rafinesque, 1810
  
    Lepidopus argyreus Cuvier, 1829
  
    Trichiurus caudatus Euphrasen, 1788
  
    Trichiurus ensiformis Vandelli, 1797
  
    Trichiurus gladius Holten, 1802
  
    Lepidopus gouanianus Lacepède, 1800
  
    Lepidopus lex Phillipps, 1932
  
    Vandellius lusitanicus Shaw, 1803
  
    Lepidopus peronii Risso, 1810
  
    Ziphotheca tetradens Montagu, 1811
  
  Common Name(s): scabbardfish [English]
  
    silver scabbardfish [English]
  
    southern frostfish [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassActinopterygii  – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées  
                      ClassTeleostei   
                         SuperorderAcanthopterygii   
                            OrderPerciformes  – perch-like fishes  
                               SuborderScombroidei  – ribbonfishes, albacores, bonitos, mackerels, tunas, bonites, germons, maquereaux, thons  
                                  FamilyTrichiuridae  – ribbonfishes, cutlassfishes, hairtails, sables, sabres de mer  
                                     SubfamilyLepidopodinae   
                                        GenusLepidopus Goüan, 1770 – frostfishes  
                                           SpeciesLepidopus caudatus (Euphrasen, 1788) – scabbardfish, silver scabbardfish, southern frostfish  
       

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  Source: Catalog of Fishes, 23-May-2008, website (version 23-May-08)  
  Acquired: 2008   
  Notes: http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/   
  Reference for: Lepidopus caudatus   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Lepidopus caudatus   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Nakamura, I. and N.V. Parin  
  Publication Date: 1997   
  Article/Chapter Title: Snake Mackerels and Cutlassfishes of the world (Families Gempylidae and Trichiuridae): An annotated and illustrated catalogue of snake mackerels, snoeks, escolars, gemfishes, sackfishes, domine, oilfish, cutlassfishes, scabbardfishes, hairtails...   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: FAO Fisheries Synopsis (125), vol. 15   
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  Publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations   
  Publication Place: Rome, Italy   
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  Reference for: Lepidopus caudatus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Nakamura, I., and N. V. Parin  
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title: Snake Mackerels and Cutlassfishes of the World (Families Gempylidae and Trichiuridae): An Annotated and Illustrated Catalogue of the Snake Mackerels, Snoeks, Escolars, Gemfishes, Sackfishes, Domine, Oilfish, Cutlassfishes, Scabbardfishes, Hairtails...   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: FAO Fisheries Synopsis, no. 125, vol. 15   
  Page(s): vii + 136   
  Publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations   
  Publication Place: Rome, Italy   
  ISBN/ISSN: 92-5-103124-X, 0014-5602  
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  Reference for: Lepidopus caudatus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Shiino, Sueo M.  
  Publication Date: 1976   
  Article/Chapter Title: List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4   
  Page(s): 262   
  Publisher: Shima Marineland   
  Publication Place: Kashikojima, Shima, Mie, Japan   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0385-1109   
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  Reference for: Lepidopus caudatus   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Indo-West Pacific  
    Eastern Atlantic Ocean  
       
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