FB-646 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=646 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Scombriformes Trichiuridae Aphanopus Aphanopus carbo Lowe, 1839 Dolkfisk Pałasz czarny Espada preta Espada-preta Espada-preto Peixe espada preto Peixe-espada-preto Sort sabelfisk Schwarzer Degenfisch Black espada Black scabbard fish Black scabbardfish Must süsisaba Stinglaksur Aphanope charbon Ophanope carbon Poisson-sabre noir Sabre noir Stinglax Ugolnaya ryba-sablya Рыба-сабля угольная сабля-рыба угодная Dolkfisk Pez sable negro Sable negro Črni morski meč Zwarte veelvraatvis 黑等鰭叉尾帶魚 黑等鳍叉尾带鱼 Aphanopus acus Maul, 1948 Aphanopus minor Collett, 1887 Aphanopus schmidti Saemundsson, 1908 1990-10-17 2016-06-13 Coppola, S.R., W. Fischer, L. Garibaldi, N. Scialabba and K.E. Carpenter0 SPECIESDAB: Global species database for fishery purposes. User's manual. FAO Computerized Information Series (Fisheries). No. 9. Rome, FAO. 103 p. 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(Ref. 137577) FB-pic-646-4455 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/gif FAO 1995-06-02 2003-12-16 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. Image can be freely copied and altered but may be used only for non-commercial purposes. Original author and source must be properly acknowledged WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=646 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Uses http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Apcar_u0.gif http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/gif/tn_Apcar_u0.gif FB-GeneralDescr-646 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1990-10-17 00:00:00 2016-06-13 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=646 Juveniles mesopelagic (Ref. 6181). Bathypelagic (Ref. 58426). Migrate to midwater at night and feed on crustaceans, cephalopods and fishes (mostly macrourids, morids and alepocephalids). Mature at 80 to 85 cm. Eggs and larvae are pelagic (Ref. 6768). Data from study reveal mature individuals undertake horizontal migration to spawning and nursery grounds located off the Madeira and Canary islands (Ref. 108708). Commercial catch up to 1000 t was caught off Madeira with a specialized commercial deep water longline (Ref. 6255). Appear as bycatch in the trawl fishery west of the British Isles, along the Middle-Atlantic Ridge and at Corner Rise. Important and fabled food fish in Madeira (Ref. 4537). Some specimens reach 145 cm (Nuno Marques, Nomad@netmadeira.com, 12/09). Nakamura, I. and N.V. Parin 1993 FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 15. 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, and frostfishes known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(15):136 p. (Ref. 6181) FB-DiagnosticDescr-646 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rodolfo B. Reyes 1994-02-16 00:00:00 2005-01-20 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=646 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Body is extremely elongated, with body depth 10.8 to 13.4 times in SL. The snout is large with strong fang-like teeth. Pelvic fins represented by a single spine in juveniles but entirely absent in adults. Color is coppery black with iridescent tint. The inside of the mouth and gill cavities black. Nakamura, I. and N.V. Parin 1993 FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 15. 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, and frostfishes known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(15):136 p. (Ref. 6181) FB-Morphology-646 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rodolfo B. Reyes 1994-02-16 00:00:00 2005-01-20 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=646 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Dorsal spines (total): 34 - 41; Dorsal soft rays (total): 52 - 56; Analspines: 2; Analsoft rays: 43 - 48; Vertebrae: 97 - 100 Nakamura, I. and N.V. Parin 1993 FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 15. 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, and frostfishes known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(15):136 p. (Ref. 6181) FB-Distribution-646 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-12-20 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=646 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution North Atlantic: on both sides and at underwater rises from Denmark Strait to Cape Verde. Nakamura, I. and N.V. Parin 1993 FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 15. 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, and frostfishes known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(15):136 p. (Ref. 6181) FB-Uses-646 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1990-10-17 00:00:00 2016-06-13 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=646 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Uses fisheries: highly commercial; price category: low; price reliability: reliable: based on ex-vessel price for this species Pajuelo, J.G., J.A. Gonzalez, J.I. Santana, J.M. Lorenzo, A. Garcia-Mederos and V. Tuset 2008 Biological parameters of the bathyal fish black scabbardfish (<i>Aphanopus carbo</i> Lowe, 1839) off the Canary Islands, Central-east Atlantic. Fish, Res. 92:140-147. (Ref. 108733) FB-Migration-646 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1990-10-17 00:00:00 2016-06-13 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=646 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Oceanodromous. Migrating within oceans typically between spawning and different feeding areas, as tunas do. Migrations should be cyclical and predictable and cover more than 100 km. Delgado, J., S. Reis, J.A. Gonzalez, E. Isidro, M. Biscoito, M. Freitas and V.M. Tuset 2013 Reproduction and growth of <i>Aphanopus carbo</i> and <i>A. intermedius</i> (Teleostei: Trichiuridae) in the northeastern Atlantic. J. Appl. Ichthyol. 29:1008-1014. (Ref. 108735) FB-LifeCycle-646 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Liza Q. Agustin 1990-10-17 00:00:00 2016-06-13 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org//Reproduction/FishReproSummary.php?ID=646&StockCode=662 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Displays determinate fecundity (Ref. 108695). Mature individuals undertake horizontal migration to spawning and nursery grounds (Ref. 108708). Suspended pre-spawning stages occurred in some areas of the Northeast Atlantic caused by atresia in ovaries (Ref. 108708). Nakamura, I. and N.V. Parin 1993 FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 15. 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, and frostfishes known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(15):136 p. (Ref. 6181) FB-TrophicStrategy-646 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 2000-06-12 00:00:00 2007-09-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public carbo http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Juveniles mesopelagic (Ref. 6181). Bathypelagic (Ref. 58426). Migrates to midwater at night and feeds on crustaceans, cephalopods and fishes (mostly macrourids, morids and alepocephalids (Ref. 5951). Matures at 80 to 85 cm. Commercial catch up to 1000 t was caught off Madeira with a specialized commercial deep water longline (Ref. 6255). Appears as bycatch in the trawl fishery west of the British Isles, along the Middle-Atlantic Ridge and at Corner Rise. Mauchline, J. and J.D.M. Gordon 1984 Occurrence and feeding of berycomorphid and percomorphid teleost fish in the Rockall Trough. J. Cons. Int. Explor. Mer. 41:239-247. (Ref. 9731) FB-Size-646 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1990-10-17 00:00:00 2016-06-13 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=646 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution 151 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 108708)); max. published weight: 4,232.0 g Figueiredo, I., P. Bordalo-Machado, S. Reis, D. Sena-Carvalho, T. Blasdale, A. Newton and L.S.. Gordo 2003 Observations on the reproductive cycle of the black scabbardfish (<i>Aphanopus carbo</i> Lowe, 1839) in the NE Atlantic. ICES J. Mar. Sci. 60:774-779. (Ref. 108708) Pajuelo, J.G., J.A. Gonzalez, J.I. Santana, J.M. Lorenzo, A. Garcia-Mederos and V. Tuset 2008 Biological parameters of the bathyal fish black scabbardfish (<i>Aphanopus carbo</i> Lowe, 1839) off the Canary Islands, Central-east Atlantic. Fish, Res. 92:140-147. (Ref. 108733) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Uses Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-646 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1990-10-17 00:00:00 2016-06-13 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=646 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size bathypelagic; oceanodromous (Ref. 108735); marine; depth range 200 - 2300 m (Ref. 108733), usually 700 - 1300 m (Ref. 108735) Delgado, J., S. Reis, J.A. Gonzalez, E. Isidro, M. Biscoito, M. Freitas and V.M. Tuset 2013 Reproduction and growth of <i>Aphanopus carbo</i> and <i>A. intermedius</i> (Teleostei: Trichiuridae) in the northeastern Atlantic. J. Appl. Ichthyol. 29:1008-1014. (Ref. 108735) Pajuelo, J.G., J.A. Gonzalez, J.I. Santana, J.M. Lorenzo, A. Garcia-Mederos and V. Tuset 2008 Biological parameters of the bathyal fish black scabbardfish (<i>Aphanopus carbo</i> Lowe, 1839) off the Canary Islands, Central-east Atlantic. Fish, Res. 92:140-147. (Ref. 108733) Delgado, J., S. Reis, J.A. Gonzalez, E. Isidro, M. Biscoito, M. Freitas and V.M. Tuset 2013 Reproduction and growth of <i>Aphanopus carbo</i> and <i>A. intermedius</i> (Teleostei: Trichiuridae) in the northeastern Atlantic. J. Appl. Ichthyol. 29:1008-1014. (Ref. 108735)