The cutlassfishes (Trichirus spp.) is commercial fishery targeted demersal species which lives in the surrounding waters of Taiwan. This study focuses on Pre-Anal length (PL) frequency and reproduction of hairtail (Trichiurus japonicus) which caught off northern Taiwan waters. From Oct. 2017 to Nov. 2019, totally 2779 hairtail were caught per month sampling, and the Pre-Anal length (PL, 22 –551.2 mm), body weight (BW, 0.04 –1231.28 g) and gonad weight (GW) were measured. The sex ratio (female/total) was 71.4 % belong to 1082 female (234.41 ±49.94 mm PL; 191.21 ±149.36 g BW) and 421 male (218.16 ±31.01 mm PL; 140.47 ±77.92 g BW). The ANCOVA test showed that there was significant difference in the relationship between PL and BW for both sexes (p<0.05). The relationship formula of female was BW = 2.481 ×10-5FL2.884 (r2 = 0.991,n = 1503), male was BW = 5.360 ×10-6FL3.157 (r2 = 0.882,n = 419). Age were estimated using sagittal otolith transverse sectins. According to the age counts and preanal length messures which fitted with the von Bertalanfy growth model, resulting in:
Female: PLt =453.9(1-e-1.653(t+0.862))
Male: PLt =388.5(1-e-2.357(t+0.362))