Trichiurus
{{Short description|Genus of ray-finned fishes}}
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| image = Trichiurus lepturus.jpg
| image_caption =Trichiurus lepturus
| fossil_range = {{fossil range|48.6|0|Eocene - Recent}}
| taxon = Trichiurus
| type_species = Trichiurus lepturus
| type_species_authority = Linnaeus 1758.
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Trichiurus is a genus of cutlassfishes belonging to the family Trichiuridae.
Species
Species within this genus include:[http://www.fishbase.org/identification/SpeciesList.php?genus=Trichiurus Fishbase]
- Trichiurus auriga, Klunzinger, 1884 (Pearly hairtail)
- Trichiurus australis Chakraborty, Burhanuddin & Iwatsuki, 2005.{{cite journal | journal = Ichthyological Research | doi = 10.1007/s10228-005-0268-4 | volume = 52 | issue = 2 | year = 2005 | pages = 165–170 | title = A new species, Trichiurus australis (Perciformes: Trichiuridae), from Australia |author1=Anirban Chakraborty |author2=Andi Iqbal Burhanuddin |author3=Yukio Iwatsuki | bibcode = 2005IchtR..52..165C | s2cid = 6377460 }}
- Trichiurus brevis, Wang & You, 1992 (Chinese short-tailed hairtail)
- Trichiurus gangeticus, Gupta, 1966 (Ganges hairtail)
- Trichiurus lepturus, Linnaeus, 1758 (Largehead hairtail)
- Trichiurus margarites, Li, 1992
- Trichiurus nanhaiensis, Wang & Xu, 1992
- Trichiurus nickolensis, Burhanuddin & Iwatsuki, 2003 (Australian short-tailed hairtail)
- Trichiurus russelli, Dutt & Thankam, 1966 (Short-tailed hairtail)
Extinct species
Extinct species within this genus include:
- Trichiurus oshoshunensis Casier 1958 [http://www.dinofan.com/dfAnimals/LifeForm_Detail.aspx?SBID=45113 The dinosaur fan] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923214847/http://www.dinofan.com/dfAnimals/LifeForm_Detail.aspx?SBID=45113 |date=2015-09-23 }}
Extinct species lived from the Eocene epoch to the Quaternary period, approximately from 48.6 to 0.012 million years ago. Fossils have been found in the Eocene sediments of Antarctica, Nigeria, United Kingdom, United States, in the Miocene of Costa Rica, India, Mexico, Panama, Slovakia and in the Quaternary of United States.[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=36223 Fossilworks]Douglas J. Long [https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Douglas_Long2/publication/261985279_Fossil_cutlassfish_%28Perciformes_Trichiuridae%29_teeth_from_the_La_Meseta_Formation_%28Eocene%29_Seymour_Island_Antarctic_Peninsula/links/0f31753611831085a1000000.pdf FOSSIL CUTLASSFISH (PERCIFORMES: TRICHIURIDAE) TEETH FROM THE LA MESETA FORMATION (EOCENE), SEYMOUR ISLAND, ANTARCTIC PENINSULA]
References
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- {{cite journal | last = Sepkoski | first = Jack | title = A compendium of fossil marine animal genera | journal = Bulletins of American Paleontology | volume = 364 |page=560 | year = 2002 | url = http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class }}
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Category:Ray-finned fish genera
Category:Extant Eocene first appearances
Category:Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
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