Animalia > Chordata > Perciformes > Trichiuridae > Aphanopus > Aphanopus carbo

Aphanopus carbo (Cutlassfish; Black scabbardfish; Black scabbard fish; Black espada)

Synonyms: Aphanopus acus; Aphanopus minor; Aphanopus schmidti
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Wikipedia Abstract

The black scabbardfish, Aphanopus carbo, is a bathypelagic cutlassfish of the family Trichiuridae found in the Atlantic Ocean between latitudes 69° N and 27° N at depths of between 180 to 1,700 m (591 to 5,577 ft). Its length is up to 110 cm (3.6 ft), but it reaches maturity at around 80 to 85 cm (2.62 to 2.79 ft).
View Wikipedia Record: Aphanopus carbo

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Pacific Rim National Park Reserve II 137900 British Columbia, Canada

Prey / Diet

Gaidropsarus macrophthalmus (Rockling)[1]
Halargyreus johnsonii (dainty more)[1]
Micromesistius poutassou (Poutassou)[1]
Scomber scombrus (Split)[1]

Predators

Lagenodelphis hosei (Fraser's Dolphin)[1]
Stenella longirostris (Spinner Dolphin)[1]

Consumers

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 2Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0