Largehead Hairtail

• Its body is extremely long and compressed, tapering to a point with no tail fin, which is where the name cutlassfish comes from.
• The anal fin is reduced to minute spinelets, almost always embedded in the skin.
• It is one of the most heavily caught species in the world by volume, above all in the Asian fisheries.

Skeleton type

Vertebrate - internal bony skeleton (bony fish)

Habitat and environment

Coastal benthopelagic waters of tropical and temperate seas worldwide, between 0 and 589 m and usually between 100 and 350 m

Sexual maturity

Length at first maturity 50.6 cm (range 30-99 cm)

Sources consulted: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Largehead_hairtail

The pins mark the parks where its presence is documented.