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Trichiuridae
intermediate scabbardfish
Aphanopus intermedius
A deep dorsal notch shadows one daggerlike anal spine
- Tropical
- Southern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Africa
- South America
- Anguilliform
- Compressed cross-section
- Large
Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Anguilliform
Largeintermediate scabbardfish is a marine fish found around Atlantic Ocean. It inhabits marine waters. The largest recorded length is 148 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Trichiuridae
- Genus
- Aphanopus
- Maximum length
- 148 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- anguilliform
- Distribution
- Atlantic Ocean: in moderately warm and tropical waters; it has not been found only off the coast of South America. In the eastern Atlantic, it is found off western Sahara, Congo and Angola, from Sierra Leone submarine rise and Pilberry Seamount (Ref. 10818 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
