Species · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Trichiurus lepturus

Pacific cutlassfish

WoRMS 127089ITIS 172385key worms:127089

2026-08-05: itis_id 172385 via WoRMS external link

Silhouette · Nathan Hermann · CC0 1.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Pomatomus saltatrix

Pacific cutlassfish2.3 m

a person1.7 m

max · worms_attribute

Photograph of Trichiurus lepturus — Photo · Midori · CC BY 4.0 · inat

The largehead hairtail or beltfish is a member of the cutlassfish family, Trichiuridae. This common to abundant species is found in tropical and temperate oceans throughout the world.W CalCOFI holds 27 observations of it in 1 dataset between 1959 and 2006, as larva.R

27
observations: 27
records: 27
sampling events: 1959–2006
years: 1
datasets: larva
life stages

Observed in
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One row per dataset, one cell per year, darker with more observations — the same strip the front door draws per dataset. Each row ends with the name that dataset uses (dataset_taxon); the accepted name is written once, in the title above. A quiet pill marks a name the authority does not accept.

Ichthyoplankton 27 obs · 27 events · 1959–2006 · larva
name used: Trichiurus lepturus Pacific cutlassfish · code 598

How big is it
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Every mark is a measured length with its own source — hover one to read it. The reference objects are _data/size_reference.csv: two of them, the 505 µm bongo mesh and the net's ring, are CalCOFI's own sampling gear.

Ways in
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Read from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.

Explorer db-query

ERDDAPCalCOFI's own server, the Ichthyoplankton table constrained to this taxon

https://erddap.calcofi.io/erddap/tabledap/swfsc_ichthyo.html?&taxon_key=%22worms:127089%22

Trichiurus lepturus

How big is itiEvery mark is a measured length with its own source — hover one to read it. The reference objects are _data/size_reference.csv: two of them, the 505 µm bongo mesh and the net's ring, are CalCOFI's own sampling gear.

Ways iniRead from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.

How big is it
i
Every mark is a measured length with its own source — hover one to read it. The reference objects are _data/size_reference.csv: two of them, the 505 µm bongo mesh and the net's ring, are CalCOFI's own sampling gear.

Ways in
i
Read from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.