Largehead hairtail
Trichiurus japonicus Temminck & Schlegel, 1844
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.
Open encyclopedia reference
Trichiurus japonicus, the Japanese cutlassfish, white ribbonfish or slender ribbonfish, is a species of cutlassfish in the genus Trichiurus, family Trichiuridae, order Scombriformes, superorder Percomorpha. It is distributed in the northwestern Pacific Ocean and inhabits subtropical offshore benthopelagic waters. The species has a long, ribbon-like body, reaches a relatively large size, and is an important commercial fish commonly harvested throughout its range. It was long treated as a subspecies or synonym of the largehead hairtail (Trichiurus lepturus).
Wikipedia contributors, Trichiurus japonicus; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T07:27:42.330162+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Trichiurus japonicus Temminck & Schlegel, 1844
- Name authority
- Temminck & Schlegel, 1844
- Common name
- Largehead hairtail
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Scombriformes
- Family
- Trichiuridae
- Genus
- Trichiurus
- 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
- subfamilyTrichiurinae Rafinesque, 1810
- genusTrichiurus Linnaeus, 1758
- speciesTrichiurus japonicus Temminck & Schlegel, 1844
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Trichiurus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Trichiurus australis Chakraborty, Burhanuddin & Iwatsuki, 2005 | TrichiuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Trichiurus brevis Wang & You, 1992 | TrichiuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Trichiurus margarites Li, 1992 | TrichiuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Trichiurus nanhaiensis Wang & Xu, 1992 | TrichiuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Trichiurus nickolensis Burhanuddin & Iwatsuki, 2003 | TrichiuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| pearly hairtailTrichiurus auriga Klunzinger, 1884 | TrichiuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Trichiurus gangeticus Gupta, 1966 | TrichiuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Atlantic cutlass fishTrichiurus lepturus Linnaeus, 1758 | TrichiuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Trichiurus russelli Dutt & Thankam, 1967 | TrichiuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Trichiurus lepturus japonicus Temminck & Schlegel, 1844 Temminck & Schlegel, 1844 | synonym |
| Trichiurus japanicus Temminck & Schlegel, 1844 Temminck & Schlegel, 1844 | synonym |
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.
- https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=305414 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:589FV. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.