Lepturacanthus is a genus of cutlassfish from the Indo-Pacific region. They are benthopelagic species of waters over the continental shelf, it is a predator of a variety of small coastal fishes, squid and crustaceans.
Species The following species comprise the genus Lepturacanthus:
Lepturacanthus pantului, (Gupta, 1966) (Coromandel hairtail) Lepturacanthus roelandti (Bleeker, 1860) Lepturacanthus savala, (Cuvier, 1829) (Savalani hairtail)
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