Species: Aphanopus carbo, Black Scabbardfish
D spiny part slightly < soft part, notch between them

Aphanopus carbo Lowe, 1839
Black Scabbardfish
Body elongate , compressed; head top profile smooth, gently rising from snout to dorsal fin, without crest on top; top of head between eyes and on nape flat; lower jaw projecting; jaws with front fangs, and triangular teeth on sides; roof of mouth with no teeth in center, a few teeth in a single row on sides; gill rakers spiny; dorsal fin XXXVIII-XL (rarely XLI), 52-56, 90-96 elements, with a deep notch between spines and rays; anal fin with II close-set spines well before rest of fin, the 1st small, imbedded in adult, the 2nd strong, dagger-like (under dorsal soft rays 2-5), 44-48 (rarely 43) soft rays; pectorals 12, top rays shorter; pelvics absent in adults, juveniles with 1 spine inserted before pectoral base; tail fin present, small, forked; lateral line slowly descends from top of gill opening to mid-side.
Body coppery black; inside mouth and gill chamber black.
Reaches 151 cm.
Adults benthopelagic, juveniles mesopelagic
Depth range 200-2300 m.
Temperate to tropical Atlantic and Pacific; New Foundland to the Gulf of Mexico.

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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Marine Only
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Offshore
- Offshore Only
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Bottom + water column
- Mid Water
- Near Bottom
- Habitat
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- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- Water column
- FishBase Habitat
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- Bentho-Pelagic
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Data
- Bony fishes
- Octopus/squid/cuttlefish
- Pelagic crustacea
- Egg Type
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- Data
- Pelagic
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- All species
- Atlantic + Pacific Oceans
- Greater Caribbean non-endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Continent
- Continent only
- Extends North of GC
- GC non-endemic
- All species
- Residency
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- Vagrant
- Climate Zone
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- Temperate (>35N)
- IUCN Red List
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- Least concern
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 151
- Depth Range Min
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- 200
- Depth Range Max
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- 2300