The silver scabbardfish (also frostfish, beltfish), Lepidopus caudatus, is a cutlassfish of the familyTrichiuridae found throughout the temperate seas of the world. It grows to over 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) in length.
Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8
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