Coromandal Ribbonfish
Lepturacanthus pantului
- Usual depth1.1 m
- Water temperature28–28 °C
- Best monthsApril
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 0 records
- February: 0 records
- March: 0 records
- April: 1 records
- May: 0 records
- June: 0 records
- July: 0 records
- August: 0 records
- September: 0 records
- October: 0 records
- November: 0 records
- December: 0 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 1.1 m · Deepest record: 1.1 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 28–28 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Coromandal Ribbonfish, coromandel hairtail
Names in 2 more languages
- Spanish
- Pez Sable Coromandélico
- French
- Poisson-sabre Bécune, Poisson Sabre Bécune
Other scientific names: Trichiurus pantului
Similar species
Savalani hairtailLepturacanthus savala
ScabbardfishLepidopus caudatus
Atlantic cutlass fishTrichiurus lepturus
Black scabbardfishAphanopus carbo
- Bigeye frostfish
Benthodesmus elongatus
- Slender frostfish
Benthodesmus tenuis
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 6 open-data records from 1966 to 1999.
- Species data updated November 4, 2026.
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