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Aphanopus carbo Lowe, 1839

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 34 - 41; Dorsal soft rays (total): 52 - 56; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 43 - 48; Vertebrae: 97 - 100. Body is extremely elongated, with body depth 10.8 to 13.4 times in SL. The snout is large with strong fang-like teeth. Pelvic fins represented by a single spine in juveniles but entirely absent in adults. Color is coppery black with iridescent tint. The inside of the mouth and gill cavities black.

Common Names

  • Sort sabelfisk , Danish , Denmark
  • Zwarte veelvraatvis , Dutch , Netherlands
  • Black espada , English , USA
  • Black scabbard fish , English , UK
  • Black scabbard fish , English , Azores Is.
  • Black scabbard fish , English , USA
  • Black scabbardfish , English , Canada
  • Black scabbardfish , English , UK
  • Black scabbardfish , English , France
  • Black scabbardfish , English , USA
  • Must süsisaba , Estonian , Estonia
  • Stinglaksur , Faroese , Faeroe Is.
  • Aphanope charbon , French , Canada
  • Ophanope carbon , French , France
  • Poisson-sabre noir , French , France
  • Sabre noir , French , Global
  • Schwarzer Degenfisch , German , Germany
  • Stinglax , Icelandic , Iceland
  • 黑等鰭叉尾帶魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 黑等鳍叉尾带鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 黑等鳍叉尾带鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Dolkfisk , Norwegian , Norway
  • Pałasz czarny , Polish , Poland
  • Espada preta , Portuguese , Madeira Is.
  • Espada preta , Portuguese , Portugal
  • Espada-preta , Portuguese , Madeira Is.
  • Espada-preto , Portuguese , Cape Verde
  • Peixe espada preto , Portuguese , Azores Is.
  • Peixe-espada-preto , Portuguese , Portugal
  • Peixe-espada-preto , Portuguese , Cape Verde
  • Ugolnaya ryba-sablya , Russian , Russia
  • Рыба-сабля угольная , Russian , Russia
  • сабля-рыба угодная , Russian , Russia
  • Črni morski meč , Slovene , Slovenia
  • Pez sable negro , Spanish , Spain
  • Sable negro , Spanish , Spain
  • Dolkfisk , Swedish , Sweden

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Scombriformes

    Family: Trichiuridae

    Genus: Aphanopus

    Species: Aphanopus carbo Lowe, 1839

    Climate Zone

  • oceanodromous

    • Location

  • North Atlantic: on both sides and at underwater rises from Denmark Strait to Cape Verde.

    • Biology

    Juveniles mesopelagic (Ref. 6181). Bathypelagic (Ref. 58426). Migrate to midwater at night and feed on crustaceans, cephalopods and fishes (mostly macrourids, morids and alepocephalids). Mature at 80 to 85 cm. Eggs and larvae are pelagic (Ref. 6768). Data from study reveal mature individuals undertake horizontal migration to spawning and nursery grounds located off the Madeira and Canary islands (Ref. 108708). Commercial catch up to 1000 t was caught off Madeira with a specialized commercial deep water longline (Ref. 6255). Appear as bycatch in the trawl fishery west of the British Isles, along the Middle-Atlantic Ridge and at Corner Rise. Important and fabled food fish in Madeira (Ref. 4537). Some specimens reach 145 cm (Nuno Marques, Nomad@netmadeira.com, 12/09).

    Habitat

    bathypelagic