Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Osteichthyes > Gigaclass Actinopterygii > Subclass Neopterygii > Class Teleostei > Order Scombriformes > Family Trichiuridae > Subfamily Aphanopodinae > Genus Aphanopus

Aphanopus intermedius Parin, 1983

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Aphanopus*	Lowe, 1839	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: intermediate scabbardfish

Literature

original description	Parin, N. V. (1983). Aphanopus mikhailini sp. n. and A. intermedius sp. n. (Trichiuridae, Perciformes) two new scabbardfishes from the temperate waters of the Southern Hemisphere and the tropical Atlantic. Voprosy Ikhtiologii. 23 (3): 355-365. [In Russian. English translation in Journal of Ichthyology 23 (3), 1994:1-12.].
basis of record	Moore, J. A.; Vecchione, M.; Collette, B.B.; Gibbons; R. (2002). The fauna of Bear Seamount (New England Seamount chain), and the presence of "natural invader" species. ICES Annual Science Conference and ICES Centenary.
additional source	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
ecology source	Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1).

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External Links

FishBase images (Aphanopus intermedius, by FAO)
FishBase

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Aphanopus intermedius Parin, 1983. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159833