WoRMS taxon details
Aphanopus carbo Lowe, 1839
127085 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127085)
accepted
Species
Aphanopus acus Maul, 1948 · unaccepted
Aphanopus minor Collett, 1887 · unaccepted
Aphanopus schmidti Saemundsson, 1908 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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. [details]
Distribution North Atlantic: on both sides and at underwater rises from Denmark Strait to about 30°N. As far north as 43°N in the...
Distribution North Atlantic: on both sides and at underwater rises from Denmark Strait to about 30°N. As far north as 43°N in the Canadian Atlantic [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Aphanopus carbo Lowe, 1839. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127085 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
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. [details]
original description (of Aphanopus acus Maul, 1948) Maul, G. E. (1948). Quatro peixes novos dos mares da Madeira. <em>Boletim do Museu Municipal do Funchal.</em> 3 (6): 41-55. [details]
original description (of Aphanopus minor Collett, 1887) Collett, R. (1887). Aphanopus minor, en ny Dybvandsfisk af Trichiuridernes Familie fra Grønland. <em>Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-selskabet i Christiania.</em> (for 1886) No. 19: 1-7.
page(s): 3 [details]
basis of record 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 (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Aphanopus acus Maul, 1948) Maul, G. E. (1948). Quatro peixes novos dos mares da Madeira. <em>Boletim do Museu Municipal do Funchal.</em> 3 (6): 41-55. [details]
original description (of Aphanopus minor Collett, 1887) Collett, R. (1887). Aphanopus minor, en ny Dybvandsfisk af Trichiuridernes Familie fra Grønland. <em>Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-selskabet i Christiania.</em> (for 1886) No. 19: 1-7.
page(s): 3 [details]
basis of record 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 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Ecology
ecology source
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). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002. [details]
additional source Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002. [details]
additional source Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Diet Feeds on crustaceans, cephalopods and fishes (mostly macrourids, morids and alepocephalids) [details]Distribution North Atlantic: on both sides and at underwater rises from Denmark Strait to about 30°N. As far north as 43°N in the Canadian Atlantic [details]
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
Habitat depth range 200 - 1700 m [details]
Habitat nektonic [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Danish | sort sabelfisk | [details] |
| Dutch | zwarte-kousenbandviszwarte haarstaartvis; zwarte degenviszwarte degenvis | [details] |
| English | scabbard fishhairtailcutlass fishblack scabbardfish | [details] |
| French | sabre noirsabreaphanope charbon | [details] |
| German | schwarzer DegenfischDegenfisch | [details] |
| Norwegian | dolkfisk | [details] |
| Norwegian Bokmål | dolkfisk | [details] |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | dolkfisk | [details] |
| Portuguese | peixe-espada-pretopeixe espada preta | [details] |
| Spanish | sable negropez cinto | [details] |
| Swedish | dolkfisk | [details] |
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (84 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Aphanopus acus Maul, 1948)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Aphanopus schmidti Saemundsson, 1908)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (44 publications) (from synonym Aphanopus minor Collett, 1887)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (64 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Aphanopus carbo)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase (from synonym Aphanopus acus Maul, 1948)
To FishBase (from synonym Aphanopus minor Collett, 1887)
To FishBase (from synonym Aphanopus schmidti Saemundsson, 1908)
To FishBase
To GenBank (396 nucleotides; 235 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (84 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Aphanopus acus Maul, 1948)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Aphanopus schmidti Saemundsson, 1908)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (44 publications) (from synonym Aphanopus minor Collett, 1887)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (64 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Aphanopus carbo)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase (from synonym Aphanopus acus Maul, 1948)
To FishBase (from synonym Aphanopus minor Collett, 1887)
To FishBase (from synonym Aphanopus schmidti Saemundsson, 1908)
To FishBase
To GenBank (396 nucleotides; 235 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI
To ITIS
Unreviewed
