The Black Scabbardfish is a species of deep sea fish found in ABZU.
Appearance[ | ]
Similar to the Barracuda, Black Scabbardfish are long and pale in colouration with a vaguely eel-like anatomy.
Location[ | ]
Black Scabbardfish can be found idly swimming around Chapter 4's giant squid area and Chapter 6's fourth pyramid.
Behaviour and Information[ | ]
Black Scabbardfish will flee when approached and are unusually timid in nature, despite the fact that they are carnivorous.
Real-life information[ | ]
(Sourced from British Sea Fishing. Read the full article here.)
They are generally found to the west British Isles, especially in the very deep waters of the Rockall Trough to the west of Ireland. Elsewhere in the world they are found in deep-waters off the coast of France and Spain and further northwards around Iceland and Greenland. They are also found in the middle of the Atlantic around the Portuguese island of Madeira, and in limited numbers off the coasts of America and Canada.
The large mouth full of sharp teeth make it clear that this species is a predator, although not a great deal is known about their feeding habits. It is thought that black scabbardfish spend daylight hours on or around the seabed where they are mostly inactive, and then swim up to mid-water during darkness and feed by hunting pelagic fish such as mackerel and herring, as well as taking squid, cuttlefish and prawns. Black scabbardfish reproduce once they are aged five to eight years. Again little is known about the spawning patterns of this species, but it is thought that there are several distinct sub-populations of this species, at least some of which spawn in and around the deep waters off the west coast of Britain.