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Silver scabbardfish
Species of fish / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The silver scabbardfish (Lepidopus caudatus), also known as the frostfish or beltfish is a benthopelagic cutlassfish of the family Trichiuridae found throughout the temperate seas of the world. It grows to over 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) in length.
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Scombriformes |
Family: | Trichiuridae |
Genus: | Lepidopus |
Species: | L. caudatus |
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Lepidopus caudatus (Euphrasen, 1788) | |
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