Description

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Dorsal spines (total): 41 - 43; Dorsal soft rays (total): 53 - 55; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 43 - 46; Vertebrae: 99 - 102. Pelvic fins represented by a single spine in juveniles inserted before the base of the pectoral fins, but entirely absent in adults. Body color is coppery black with iridescent tint. The inside of the mouth and gill cavities black.

Common Names

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Smalleye scabbardfish , English , Global

Poisson sabre petits yeux , French , Global

小眼等鰭叉尾帶魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

小眼等鳍叉尾带鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Sable ojito , Spanish , Spain

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Scombriformes

Family: Trichiuridae

Genus: Aphanopus

Species: Aphanopus microphthalmus Norman, 1939

Climate Zone

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benthopelagic

Location

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Western Indian Ocean: in tropical areas. Western Central Pacific: Southeast Asia. References to a catch from Walvis Ridge in the southeastern Atlantic are based on a single specimen from the collection of Pakhorukov that requires confirmation.

Biology

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Inhabits deeper waters of continental shelf and slope (Ref. 27121).

Habitat

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benthopelagic