Black scabbardfish (Aphanopus carbo). Norsk: Dolkfisk.
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Villmarksliv's official list of Norwegian sport-fishing records has no record for Black scabbardfish yet. The first registered fish that meets the rules becomes the record.
About Black scabbardfish
Gulielma Mary Herschell · speilvendt (Public domain)
The black scabbardfish (Aphanopus carbo) is an extremely long, thin deep-water fish in the cutlassfish family. Its body is flattened from the sides like a blade, the head is large with big eyes and a mouth full of long fangs, and the tail fin is small. The dorsal fin runs along almost the whole back. It is black with a coppery, shimmering tint, and the mouth and gill chambers are black inside. Typical length is around 70 cm, but it can reach about 1.1 m and roughly 2 kg. The species lives in the North Atlantic from Iceland and western Europe south towards West Africa, including around Madeira, where it is caught on deep longlines. By day it stays at about 200 to 1,700 m, rising at night to hunt fish, squid and crustaceans. In Norway it is only a rare visitor. Norwegian Red List 2021: Not Applicable (NA), as it occurs irregularly.
Sources: Artsdatabanken, Store norske leksikon, Wikipedia
- Habitat: Saltvann
- Red list status: NA (2021)
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- Norwegian sport-fishing records are registered with Villmarksliv, not with FishComp. Read the rules before you do anything else with the fish.
- Records are based on weight and approved by a jury. You give the weight and length, where it was caught, the gear you used and any witnesses.
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Source: Villmarksliv's official Norwegian records (klikk.no).