crested scabbardfish
Lepidopus altifrons Parin & Collette, 1993
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Lepidopus altifrons Parin & Collette, 1993
- Name authority
- Parin & Collette, 1993
- Common name
- crested scabbardfish
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Scombriformes
- Family
- Trichiuridae
- Genus
- Lepidopus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderScombriformes
- familyTrichiuridae Rafinesque, 1810
- subfamilyLepidopodinae Gill, 1863
- genusLepidopus Goüan, 1770
- speciesLepidopus altifrons Parin & Collette, 1993
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Lepidopus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| scabbardfishLepidopus caudatus (Euphrasen, 1788) | TrichiuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pacific scabbardfishLepidopus fitchi Rosenblatt & Wilson, 1987 | TrichiuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lepidopus dubius Parin & Mikhailin, 1981 | TrichiuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lepidopus glarisianus (de Blainville, 1818) | TrichiuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Hawaiian ridge scabbardfishLepidopus calcar Parin & Mikhailin, 1982 | TrichiuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Parin, N. V., & Collette, B. B. (1993). Results of the research cruises of FRV ‘Walther Herwig’ to South America. LXIX. Lepidopus altifrons, a new species of cutlassfish (Pisces, Scombroidei, Trichiuridae) from the western Atlantic Ocean. Archiv Für Fischereiwissenschaft, 41 (3): 187–195. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3TCTV. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.