Silver scabbardfish (Lepidopus caudatus). Norsk: Slirefisk.
No official record yet
Villmarksliv's official list of Norwegian sport-fishing records has no record for Silver scabbardfish yet. The first registered fish that meets the rules becomes the record.
About Silver scabbardfish
G.M. · speilvendt (Public domain)
The silver scabbardfish (Lepidopus caudatus) is a long, ribbon-like, silvery fish of the cutlassfish family. Its body is strongly compressed, the head and lower jaw are long, and the mouth is packed with sharp, forward-pointing teeth. The dorsal fin stretches along the whole back, and unlike true hairtails it has a small forked tail fin. It can exceed 2 m, while remaining very thin. It lives in temperate seas in many parts of the world, including the Atlantic and Mediterranean, staying near the bottom and in the water above it, usually at 100–400 m. At night it rises to feed on krill, shrimps, small fish and squid, with young fish taking mostly crustaceans. It is a valued food fish caught on longlines in southern Europe and the Azores. In Norway it is a rare visitor not known to breed, so it is Not Applicable (NA) on the Norwegian Red List 2021.
Sources: Artsdatabanken, Store norske leksikon, Wikipedia, NCBI
- Habitat: Saltvann
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Log your catchHow to register a Norwegian record
- Norwegian sport-fishing records are registered with Villmarksliv, not with FishComp. Read the rules before you do anything else with the fish.
- Records are based on weight and approved by a jury. You give the weight and length, where it was caught, the gear you used and any witnesses.
- Keep your photos and notes from the catch. Logging it in FishComp does not register a record.
Source: Villmarksliv's official Norwegian records (klikk.no).