Animalia > Chordata > Perciformes > Trichiuridae > Lepturacanthus > Lepturacanthus savala

Lepturacanthus savala (Spiny hairtail; Smallheaded ribbonfish; Small-headed ribbonfish; Smallhead hairtail; Small headed hairtail; Small headed ribbon fish; Silver ribbon fish; Savalani hairtail; Savalai hairtail; Ribbon fish; Hair tail; Ribbonfish; Hairtail; Small-head hairtail)

Synonyms: Trichiurus armatus; Trichiurus savala (homotypic)
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Wikipedia Abstract

The Savalai hairtail, Lepturacanthus savala, also known as Small-head hairtail, is a species of snapper native to the Indian Ocean and into the west Pacific Ocean as far east as Australia. They inhabit deep waters at depths from 100 m (330 ft). The maximum length is 100.0 cm (39.4 in), and weight reaches 11.0 kg (24.3 lb). The fish comes surface of the water at night to catch small fish, and crustaceans, specially the prawns.
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Attributes

Migration [1]  Amphidromous

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Sunderban National Park 261613 India  

Prey / Diet

Harpadon nehereus (Bombay duck)[2]

Predators

Chirocentrus nudus (smooth wolf herring)[3]

Consumers

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
♦ 2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 3Food and feeding habit of Chirocentrus nudus (Swainson, 1839) in Khuzestan coastal waters (Persian Gulf), M. Khodadadi, G. H. Mohammadi and S. Riazi, Journal of Food, Agriculture & Environment Vol.10 (1): 813-817. 2012
♦ 4Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0