Trichiuridae

hairtail

Aphanopus carbo

A blade body crossing Atlantic depths

• Black
• Northern Hemisphere
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Atlantic Ocean
• Africa
• Europe
• Anguilliform
• Compressed cross-section
• Large

The black scabbardfish (Aphanopus carbo) is a bathypelagic cutlassfish of the family Trichiuridae found in the Atlantic Ocean between latitudes 69°N and 27°N at depths between 180 and 1,700 m (600 and 5,600 ft). Its length is up to 110 cm (3.6 ft), but it reaches maturity around 80 to 85 cm (2.6 to 2.8 ft).