Black Scabbardfish
Aphanopus carbo
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Fish
The black scabbardfish is a bathypelagic cutlassfish of the family Trichiuridae found in the Atlantic Ocean between latitudes 69°N and 27°N at depths between 180 and 1,700 m. Its length is up to 110 cm (3.6 ft), but it reaches maturity around 80 to 85 cm.
Classification
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Scombriformes
- Family
- Trichiuridae
- Genus
- Aphanopus