Tentoriceps

Tentoriceps
Head with the "crest"
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scombriformes
Family: Trichiuridae
Subfamily: Trichiurinae
Genus: Tentoriceps
Whitley, 1948[1]
Species:
T. cristatus
Binomial name
Tentoriceps cristatus
(Klunzinger, 1884)
Synonyms

Trichiurus cristatus Klunzinger, 1884
Pseudoxymetopon sinensis Chu & Wu, 1962

Tentoriceps is a monotypic genus of cutlassfish, family Trichiuridae, from the Indian and Pacific Oceans. The sole species is Tentoriceps cristatus.[1][2][3] Its common name is crested hairtail.[2]

  1. ^ a b Eschmeyer, W. N. (7 January 2015). "Catalog of Fishes". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  2. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Tentoriceps cristatus". FishBase. November 2014 version.
  3. ^ "Tentoriceps Whitley, 1948". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.