Description

Dorsal soft rays (total): 252 - 309; Anal soft rays: 164 - 218; Vertebrae: 122 - 134. Dorsal fin rays before anus 72-120; precaudal vertebrae 60-67 (usually 64-65); lateral line pores before anus 45-53 (Ref. 31334). Pectoral fins small.

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Anguilliformes

Family: Synaphobranchidae

Genus: Histiobranchus

Species: Histiobranchus australis (Regan, 1913)

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

A benthic species (Ref. 75154).

Habitat

benthopelagic