Aphanopus

{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Aphanopus carbo1.jpg

| image_caption = Aphanopus carbo

| taxon = Aphanopus

| authority = Lowe, 1839

| type_species = Aphanopus carbo

| type_species_authority = Lowe, 1839

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = See text

}}

Aphanopus, the black scabbardfishes, is a genus of Cutlassfish which contains the following species:{{FishBase genus|genus=Aphanopus|month=February|year=2018}}

• 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)