Description

Dorsal spines (total): 6 - 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 32 - 34; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 33 - 35. Body silvery in color; young with irregular black blotches on body, black spots on caudal fin, and 5 black bars on anal fin (Ref. 4255). Gill rakers rudimentary.

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Zeiformes

Family: Grammicolepididae

Genus: Grammicolepis

Species: Grammicolepis brachiusculus Poey, 1873

Climate Zone

Biology

Found in deep midwater or near bottom (Ref. 6749); benthopelagic (Ref. 52595). Caught by bottom trawl, bottom lines and drift gill net (Ref. 87951).

Habitat

bathypelagic

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Threat to Humans

Harmless