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Trichiuridae
Capricorn scabbardfish
Aphanopus capricornis
A tiny pelvic spine vanishes with adulthood
Capricorn scabbardfish is known around Western Pacific as a marine fish; It occurs in marine waters, and the largest recorded length is 77.8 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Trichiuridae
- Genus
- Aphanopus
- Maximum length
- 77.8 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- anguilliform
- Distribution
- Western Pacific: eastern Australia. Southeast Pacific: Peru.

