Evoxymetopon taeniatus Gill, 1863
Channel scabbardfish
photo by NOAA\NMFS\Mississippi Laboratory

Family:  Trichiuridae (Cutlassfishes), subfamily: Lepidopodinae
Max. size:  200 cm SL (male/unsexed); max.weight: 1,700.0 g
Environment:  benthopelagic; marine; depth range - 200 m
Distribution:  Western Atlantic: Bahamas, Caribbean Sea, and off southern Brazil (specimens found at the Institut für Seefischerei, Universität Hamburg collected from 24°40'S, 44°35'W). Northwest Pacific: Cheju Do Island, south of Korean Peninsula.
Diagnosis:  Dorsal soft rays (total): 81-90; Anal spines: 0-0; Anal soft rays: 60-60. Lateral line fairly straight, running mid laterally or slightly nearer the ventral contour than the dorsal contour. First anal fin ray scale-like, others ordinal and short. Pelvic fins reduced to a scale-like process spine. Body silvery white with slight red-brownish on dorsal part; several longitudinal pale yellow stripes on body.
Biology:  Occurs on the continental slope and sometimes the continental shelf.
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 24 August 2012 Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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