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Aphanopus intermedius Parin, 1983

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 39 - 44; Dorsal soft rays (total): 54 - 59; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 46 - 50; Vertebrae: 102 - 108. Pelvic fins represented by a single spine in juveniles inserted before the base of the pectoral fins but entirely absent in adults. Body is coppery black with iridescent tint. The inside of the mouth and gill cavities black.

Common Names

  • سمك-حُسام مُتوسِّط , Arabic , Saudi Arabia
  • Black scabbard fish , English , USA
  • Intermediate scabbardfish , English , UK
  • Poisson sabre tachuo , French , France
  • Poisson-sabre tachuo , French , Global
  • 中間等鰭叉尾帶魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 中间等鳍叉尾带鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 中间等鳍叉尾带鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Atlantski morski meč , Slovene , Slovenia
  • Sable intermedio , Spanish , Spain

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Scombriformes

    Family: Trichiuridae

    Genus: Aphanopus

    Species: Aphanopus intermedius Parin, 1983

    Climate Zone

  • benthopelagic

    • Location

  • Atlantic Ocean: in moderately warm and tropical waters; it has not been found only off the coast of South America. In the eastern Atlantic, it is found off western Sahara, Congo and Angola, from Sierra Leone submarine rise and Pilberry Seamount (Ref. 10818).

    • Biology

    Adults benthopelagic from 800 to 1,350 m, juveniles mesopelagic from 300 to 500 m (Ref. 6181). Up until recently, fisheries catch landings of A. carbo, a sympatric species in the waters of Canary and Madeira islands, were mixed with A. intemedius.

    Habitat

    benthopelagic