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Aphanopus
Genus of fishes
Aphanopus, the black scabbardfishes, is a genus of Cutlassfish which contains the following species:
- Aphanopus arigato Parin, 1994
- Aphanopus beckeri Parin, 1994
- Aphanopus capricornis Parin, 1994
- Aphanopus carbo Lowe, 1839 (Black scabbardfish)
- Aphanopus intermedius Parin, 1983 (Intermediate scabbardfish)
- Aphanopus microphthalmus Norman, 1939 (Smalleye scabbardfish)
- Aphanopus mikhailini Parin, 1983 (Mikhailin's scabbardfish)
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- Aphanopus carbo1.jpg by Gulielma Mary Herschell, Public domain
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