Galapagos Species Database
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Trichiurus lepturus
pez sable, Largehead hairtail
Size:The longest individual measurred 112 cm, and weighed 1.46 kg; it was found to be seven years old, as determined by the number of rings on itd otoliths.
Habitat: Found at depths between 55 and 400m, but principally at about 100 m just above the bottom. this specie observed in near shores waters, in 5m depths.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Scombriformes
Family
Trichiuridae
Genus
Trichiurus
Species
lepturus
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: lupea haumela Forsskål, 1775, Trichiuris haumela (Forsskål, 1775) (misspelling), Trichiurus argenteus Shaw, 1803, Trichiurus coxii Ramsay & Ogilby, 1887, Trichiurus haumela (Forsskål, 1775), Trichiurus japanicus Temminck & Schlegel, 1844 (misspelling), Trichiurus japonicus Temminck & Schlegel, 1844, Trichiurus lajor Bleeker, 1854, Trichiurus lepturus japonicus Temminck & Schlegel, 1844, Trichiurus malabaricus Day, 1865, Trichiurus nitens Garman, 1899, Trichurus lepturus Linnaeus, 1758 (misspelling), Trichyurus lepturus Linnaeus, 1758 (misspelling) (Horton et al., 2021).
Origin: Native
Distribution: Eastern Pacific, from San Pedro, California, to Peru, and Galapagos Islands. Eastern Pacific Ocean (California to Peru) (Froese & Pauly, 2021).
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- Froese, R. D. Pauly. Eds. (2021) FishBase World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org,
- Grove, J.S. Lavenberg, R.J. (1997) The Fishes of the Galapagos Islands. Stanford University Press, Stanford California. 862 pp.
- Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
- McCosker, J.E. Rosenblatt, R.H. (2010) The fishes of the Galápagos Archipelago: an update. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sc., Ser. 4, vol. 61, Suppl. II, no. 11: 167-195.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Trichiurus lepturus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=14626. Accessed 31 October 2026.