Razorback scabbardfish
📖 Overview
Probably benthopelagic from 150 to 400 m, juveniles epipelagic or mesopelagic. Feeds on fishes (including Engraulis mordax and Merluccius productus off California) and squids. Occasionally hooked, captured in nets, or found washed ashore. No special fishery.
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal soft rays (total): 116 - 123; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 74 - 87; Vertebrae: 125 - 129. Body very elongate and compressed. Head profile straight or scarcely convex, with sagittal crest strongly elevated. Both jaws have a short dermal process; the lower jaw longer than the upper jaw. The dorsal fin has a few weak anterior spines that hardly differ from the soft rays. Body color silvery, dorsal fin membrane black before the third to the fourth soft ray.: eel-like; Cross section: compressed.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Razorback scabbardfish is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
🥚 Reproduction
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; benthopelagic; depth range 150 - 400 m . Tropical; 37°N - 37°S, 180°W - 180°E Atlantic Ocean: Walvis Ridge, off Puerto Rico and Uruguay.
🌿 Ecology
fishes (including Engraulis mordax and Merluccius productus off California) and squids
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | Anzac Frost-fish · razorback scabbardfish · Short-headed tyranfish |
| 🌍GLG | Peixe sabre abisal |
| 🇯🇵Japanese | Nagayumetachimodoki · ナガユメタチモドキ |
| 🇷🇺Russian | Асургер |
| 🇪🇸Spanish | sable aserrado |
Scientific Synonyms
| Scientific Name | Author | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assurger alexanderi | Whitley | 1933 | Synonym |
| Evoxymetopon anzac | Alexander | 1917 | Synonym |
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 5 records indexed .
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