Species Aphanopus capricornis Parin, 1994
Capricorn Scabbardfish, Capricorn Escabbardfish
Compiler and date details
9 May 2012 - Douglass F. Hoese, Dianne J. Bray, & John R. Paxton & Matthew M. Lockett
20 December 2006 - Dianne J. Bray, Douglass F. Hoese & John R. Paxton
- Aphanopus capricornis Parin, N.V. 1994. Three new species and new records of the black scabbard fishes genus Aphanopus (Trichiuridae). Voprosy Ikhtiologii 34(6): 740-746 1 fig. [in Russian, English transl. in J. Ichthyol.] [744].
Type data:
Holotype AM I.24178–001, east of Broken Bay, NSW.
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Aphanopus intermedius Parin, 1983 [misidentification]. —
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. [66]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
East of Townsville, QLD, (18°53'S) to east of Broken Bay, NSW (33°38'S); tropical, temperate, southern Oceania.
IMCRA
Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Central Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Transition (16), Kenn Province (17), Northeast Province (18)
Other Regions
Coral Sea Islands Territory
Ecological Descriptors
Benthopelagic, continental slope, marine.
Extra Ecological Information
978–1024 m.
General References
Nakamura, I. & Parin, N.V. 2001. Gempylidae, Trichiuridae. pp. 3698-3720 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 6 pp. 3381-4218. [3716]
Common Name References
Nakamura, I. & Parin, N.V. 2001. Gempylidae, Trichiuridae. pp. 3698-3720 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 6 pp. 3381-4218. [3716] (Capricorn Escabbardfish)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Capricorn Scabbardfish)
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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15-May-2013 | 15-May-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
12-Feb-2010 | (import) |