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Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Trichiuridae Cutlassfishes
Subfamily: Aphanopodinae
Genus: Aphanopus

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7 species (see list below)

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Western Pacific
Max. Length 72 cm SL

 
Aphanopus arigato
[Pacific black scabbardfish]
No picture found
Eastern Indian Ocean
Max. Length 77 cm SL

 
Aphanopus beckeri
[]
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Western Pacific
Max. Length 77.8 cm SL

 
Aphanopus capricornis
[]

Photo by Cambraia Duarte, P.M.N. (c)ImagDOP

North Atlantic
Max. Length 151 cm TL
Aphanopus carbo Lowe, 1839

Photo by Cambraia Duarte, P.M.N. (c)ImagDOP
 
Aphanopus carbo
[Black scabbardfish]

Photo by FAO

Atlantic Ocean
Max. Length 148 cm TL
Aphanopus intermedius Parin, 1983

Photo by FAO
 
Aphanopus intermedius
[Intermediate scabbardfish]

Photo by FAO

Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 100 cm SL
Aphanopus microphthalmus Norman, 1939

Photo by FAO
 
Aphanopus microphthalmus
[Smalleye scabbardfish]

Photo by FAO

Southeast Atlantic
Max. Length 90 cm TL
Aphanopus mikhailini Parin, 1983

Photo by FAO
 
Aphanopus mikhailini
[Mikhailin's scabbardfish]
7 Species of Family Trichiuridae with Genus Aphanopus
(Cutlassfishes)
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Year Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
1994 Aphanopus arigato Pacific black scabbardfish Western Pacific 72 SL
1994 Aphanopus beckeri Eastern Indian Ocean 77 SL
1994 Aphanopus capricornis Western Pacific 77.8 SL
1839 Aphanopus carbo Black scabbardfish North Atlantic 151 TL
1983 Aphanopus intermedius Intermediate scabbardfish Atlantic Ocean 148 TL
1939 Aphanopus microphthalmus Smalleye scabbardfish Western Indian Ocean 100 SL
1983 Aphanopus mikhailini Mikhailin's scabbardfish Southeast Atlantic 90 TL



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