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Aphanopus carbo Lowe, 1839

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Lowe, R. T. (1839). A supplement to a synopsis of the fishes of Madeira. <em>Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond.</em> (pt 7): 76-92.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Perciformes
family
Trichiuridae
genus
Aphanopus
species
Aphanopus carbo

Name

Synonyms
Aphanopus acus Maul, 1948
Aphanopus minor Collett, 1887
Aphanopus schmidti Saemundsson, 1908
Homonyms
Aphanopus carbo Lowe, 1839
Common names
Black Scabbardfish in English
Black espada in English
Black scabbardfish in English
Degenfisch in German
Degenfisch in German
Dolkfisk in Norwegian
Espada preta in Portuguese
Espada preta in Portuguese
Espada-preta in Portuguese
Espada-preto in Portuguese
Ophanope Carbon in French
Ophanope carbon in French
Pałasz czarny in Polish
Peixe espada preto in Portuguese
Peixe sabre negro in Galician
Peixe-espada-preto in Portuguese
Pez sable negro in Spanish
Pez sable negro in Spanish
Poisson-sabre noir, Sabre noir, Ophanope carbon in French
Sable negro in Spanish
Sabre noir in French
Schwarzer Degenfisch in German
Stinglaksur in Faroese
Stinglax in Icelandic
Stinglax in Icelandic
Ugolnaya ryba-sablya in Russian
Zwarte haarstaart in Dutch
Zwarte veelvraatvis in Dutch
aphanope charbon in French
aphanope charbon in French
black scabbardfish in English
black scabbardfish in English
black scabbardfish in English
cutlass fish in English
cutlass fish in English
dolkfisk in Swedish
dolkfisk in Norwegian Bokmål
dolkfisk in Nynorsk, Norwegian
dolkfisk in Swedish
dolkfisk in Norwegian
dolkfisk in Norwegian Bokmål
dolkfisk in Nynorsk, Norwegian
dolkfisk in Norwegian
hairtail in English
hairtail in English
mustahuotrakala in Finnish
peixe espada preta in Portuguese
peixe espada preta in Portuguese
peixe-espada-preto in Portuguese
peixe-espada-preto in Portuguese

Bibliographic References

  1. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  2. Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002.
  3. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
  4. Lowe, R. T. (1839). A supplement to a synopsis of the fishes of Madeira. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1839 (pt 7): 76-92.
  5. Nakamura et al. 1986, Pequeño 1989, Meléndez et al. 1993, Nakamura & Parin 1993.
  6. Nakamura, I. and N.V. Parin, 1997: Snake Mackerels and Cutlassfishes of the world (Families Gempylidae and Trichiuridae): An annotated and illustrated catalogue of snake mackerels, snoeks, escolars, gemfishes, sackfishes, domine, oilfish, cutlassfishes, scabbardfishes, hairtails.... FAO Fisheries Synopsis (125), vol. 15.
  7. Nakamura, I., and N. V. Parin, 1993: Snake Mackerels and Cutlassfishes of the World (Families Gempylidae and Trichiuridae): An Annotated and Illustrated Catalogue of the Snake Mackerels, Snoeks, Escolars, Gemfishes, Sackfishes, Domine, Oilfish, Cutlassfishes, Scabbardfishes, Hairtails.... FAO Fisheries Synopsis, no. 125, vol. 15. vii + 136.
  8. Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1991: World Fishes Important to North Americans Exclusive of Species from the Continental Waters of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 21. 243.
  9. Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp.
  10. Shiino, Sueo M., 1976: List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations. Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4. 262.
  11. van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374
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