Species Aphanopus capricornis Parin, 1994

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• 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.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

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. 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] (as Aphanopus intermedius)

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)
15-May-2013		15-May-2013	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)