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

 Family:  Trichiuridae (Cutlassfishes), subfamily: Lepidopinae
 Max. size:  200 cm SL (male/unsexed); max.weight: 1,700.0 g
 Environment:  benthopelagic; 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:   (Ref. 96402)
 Threat to humans:  harmless
 Country info:  First recorded from Naba, Culasi, Antique, with 2 male specimens (114.5-133.1 cm SL) (Ref. 113836).

 Entered by: Luna, Susan M. - 26.02.93
 Modified by: Sa-a, Pascualita - 09.01.98
 Checked by: Agustin, Liza Q. - 23.02.94

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