Mikhailin's Scabbardfish, Aphanopus mikhailini Parin 1983


Mikhailin's Scabbardfish, Aphanopus mikhailini, from off Broken Bay, New South Wales. Source: Ken J. Graham / NSW Fisheries. License: CC By Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike

Summary:

A poorly known coppery-black cutlassfish.


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Bray, D.J. & Schultz, S. 2018, Aphanopus mikhailini in Fishes of Australia, accessed 29 Mar 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/2557

Mikhailin's Scabbardfish, Aphanopus mikhailini Parin 1983

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Distribution

Off Newcastle, New South Wales, to the southern Tasman Sea. Elsewhere the species occurs in the Southern Ocean often near sea mounts, ridges and rises. Adults are benthopelagic, juveniles are mesopelagic.

Features

Dorsal fin XLIII-XLV,61-65; Anal fin II,51-54.

Body depth 11.4-15.1 times into standard length. Anus situated below last two dorsal fin spines. Head profile smooth, sagittal crest absent. Eye diameter 4.8-5.6 into head length. Fangs at front of jaws. Vomerine teeth absent, few uniserial teeth on palatine. First gill arch has spinescent gill rakers. Dorsal fin divided by deep notch. Pelvic fin absent in adults, present as small spine in juveniles.

Size

Reaches a length of 82cm

Colour

Coppery black.

Feeding

Feeds on small fishes, cephalopods and crustaceans.

Biology

Little is known of the biology of Mikhailin's Scabbardfish.

Fisheries

No specific fishery.

Conservation

IUCN Least Concern

Species Citation

Aphanopus mikhailini Parin 1983, Voprosy Ikhtiol 23(3): 356 [2], Fig. 1. Type locality: Walters Shoals, southwestern Indian Ocean, 35°52'S, 40°15'E [or 33°52'N, 45°15'E], depth 1180 m.

Author

Bray, D.J. & Schultz, S. 2018

Resources

Australian Faunal Directory

Mikhailin's Scabbardfish, Aphanopus mikhailini Parin 1983

References


Collen, B., Richman, N. & Ram, M. (Sampled Red List Index Coordinating Team). 2010. Aphanopus mikhailini. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T154813A4640067. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T154813A4640067.en. Downloaded on 15 January 2018.

Nakamura, I. & Parin, N.V. 1993. FAO Species Catalogue. 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. Fisheries Synopsis No. 125, Vol. 15. Rome : FAO 136 pp. 200 figs.

Parin, N.V. 1983. Aphanopus mikhailini sp.n. and A. intermedius sp.n. (Trichiuridae, Perciformes) — two new species of scabbardfishes from the temperate waters of Southern Hemisphere and Tropical Atlantic. Voprosy Ikhtiologii 23(3): 355-366 [in Russian]

Parin, N.V. 1995. Three new species and new records of cutlass fishes of the genus Aphanopus (Trichiuridae). Journal of Ichthyology 35(2): 128-138.

Stewart, A.L. 2015. 231 Family Trichiuridae (pp. 1616-1622), in Roberts, C.D., Stewart, A.L. & Struthers, C.D. (eds) The Fishes of New Zealand. Wellington : Te Papa Press Vol. 4 pp. 1153-1748.

Quick Facts


CAAB Code:37440013

Conservation:IUCN Least Concern

Depth:750-2000 m

Habitat:Benthopelagic

Max Size:90 cm TL

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