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title: "Haarstaartdegenvis"
description: "Trichiurus lepturus — Vissen. The largehead hairtail (Trichiurus lepturus) or beltfish is a member of the cutlassfish family, Trichiuridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/largehead-hairtail
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Haarstaartdegenvis

> Trichiurus lepturus — Vissen. The largehead hairtail (Trichiurus lepturus) or beltfish is a member of the cutlassfish family, Trichiuridae.

- Scientific name: *Trichiurus lepturus*
- Category: `fish` (Vissen)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust)
- iNaturalist observations: 1401
- Wikidata: [Q1139971](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1139971)
- iNaturalist taxon: [51404](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/51404)

## Names

- en: Largehead Hairtail
- de: Degenfisch
- es: Cintilla
- fr: Sabre
- nl: Haarstaartdegenvis
- pt: Peixe-espada

## Countries with the most observations

US (578), BR (88), CM (55), MX (32), CN (21), AU (20), JP (16), UY (16), IN (12), GF (9), ID (7), EC (4)

## Summary

The largehead hairtail (Trichiurus lepturus) or beltfish is a member of the cutlassfish family, Trichiuridae. This common to abundant species is found in tropical and temperate oceans throughout the world. The taxonomy is not fully resolved, and the Atlantic, East Pacific and Northwest Pacific populations are also known as Atlantic cutlassfish, Pacific cutlassfish, respectively. This predatory, elongated fish supports major fisheries.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Largehead_hairtail

## Photo

![Haarstaartdegenvis](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/largehead-hairtail/medium.jpg)

Photo: James Hussey · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/219644789

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/largehead-hairtail?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).