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