Common saber fish

	Common saber fish
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryotes
Kingdom:	Animals
Kingdom :	Eumetazoi
No rank :	Bilateral symmetrical
No rank :	Secondary
Type of:	Chordate
Subtype :	Vertebrates
Infratype :	Maxillary
Group :	Fish
Group :	Bone fish
Grade:	Rayfin fish
Subclass :	Freshfishes
Infraclass :	Bony fish
Cohort :	Real bony fish
Squadron :	Thistle
Series :	Perkomorphs
Squad:	Mackerel
Suborder :	Mackerel
Family:	Hairy
Gender:	Hair tails
View:	Common saber fish
International scientific name
	Trichiurus lepturus Linnaeus , 1758
Security status
	Least Concerned; IUCN 3.1 Least Concern : 190090

An ordinary saber fish ^[1] , or an ordinary hairtail ^[1] , or a saber fish ^[2] ( Latin Trichiurus lepturus ) is a species of ray-finned fish of the family of hairtail (Trichiuridae). The object of fishing.

Description

The maximum body length is 234 cm, usually about 1 m, body weight reaches 5 kg ^[3] . Life expectancy is up to 15 years ^[4] .

The body is elongated, bare, silver (resembles a saber). The caudal fin is absent. The body ends with a filiform appendage. The dorsal fin is long, stretching from the head to the caudal stem. The prickly part, consisting of three rays, is not separated by a recess from the soft part with 130-135 soft rays.

Distribution

It lives in the tropical and subtropical seas of all oceans. In Russia, it enters the waters of Southern Primorye . Bottom-pelagic fish, often found off the coast. At night, rises to the surface ^[5] .

Nutrition

Young and immature individuals feed on euphausids , pelagic crustaceans and small fish. Adults switch to feeding mainly on fish ^[5] .

Reproduction

Caviar and larvae are pelagic.

Economic value

Saber fish in Tokyo fish market

Valuable commercial fish.

**World catches of common saber fish** ^[5]
Year	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
World catches, thousand tons	1261	1371	1331	1360	1346	1341	1258	1235	1233	1261

Notes

↑ ¹ ² Reshetnikov Yu.S. , Kotlyar A.N. , Russ T.S. , Shatunovsky M.I. Pentate-linguistic dictionary of animal names. Fish. Latin, Russian, English, German, French. / edited by Acad. V. E. Sokolova . - M .: Rus. Yaz., 1989 .-- S. 361. - 12,500 copies. - ISBN 5-200-00237-0 .
↑ Biological Encyclopedic Dictionary / Ch. ed. M.S. Gilyarov ; Editorial: A.A. Baev , G.G. Vinberg, G.A. Zavarzin et al. - M .: Sov. Encyclopedia , 1986.- S. 553.- 831 p. - 100,000 copies.
↑ Ordinary saber fish in the FishBase database.
↑ Chen, WY and SC Lee. Age and growth of the ribbonfishes Trichiurus (Perciformes: Trichiuridae) of Taiwan // Bull. Inst. Zool., Acad. Sin .. - 1982. - Vol. 21, No. 1 . - P. 9-20.
↑ ¹ ² ³ Trichiurus lepturus (Linnaeus, 1758) (neopr.) . FAO, Species Fact Sheet .

Literature

Nakamura, I. and NV Parin, 1993. FAO Species Catalog. Vol. 15. Snake mackerels and cutlassfishes of the world (families Gempylidae and Trichiuridae). An annotated and illustrated catalog of the snake mackerels, snoeks, escolars, gemfishes, sackfishes, domine, oilfish, cutlassfishes, scabbardfishes, hairtails, and frostfishes known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125 (15): 136 p.

[а-1] ¹ ² Reshetnikov Yu.S. , Kotlyar A.N. , Russ T.S. , Shatunovsky M.I. Pentate-linguistic dictionary of animal names. Fish. Latin, Russian, English, German, French. / edited by Acad. V. E. Sokolova . - M .: Rus. Yaz., 1989 .-- S. 361. - 12,500 copies. - ISBN 5-200-00237-0 .

[2] Biological Encyclopedic Dictionary / Ch. ed. M.S. Gilyarov ; Editorial: A.A. Baev , G.G. Vinberg, G.A. Zavarzin et al. - M .: Sov. Encyclopedia , 1986.- S. 553.- 831 p. - 100,000 copies.

[3] Ordinary saber fish in the FishBase database.

[4] Chen, WY and SC Lee. Age and growth of the ribbonfishes Trichiurus (Perciformes: Trichiuridae) of Taiwan // Bull. Inst. Zool., Acad. Sin .. - 1982. - Vol. 21, No. 1 . - P. 9-20.

[FAO-5] ¹ ² ³ Trichiurus lepturus (Linnaeus, 1758) (neopr.) . FAO, Species Fact Sheet .