Description

Robust body with rounded snout; eye diameter much shorter than snout; opercular spine strong; 2 median and a pair of basibranchial tooth patches; 7-11 developed rakers on anterior gill arch; pelvic fin rays flattened distally and somewhat thicker in males (Ref. 34024).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Ophidiiformes

Family: Ophidiidae

Genus: Holcomycteronus

Species: Holcomycteronus squamosus (Roule, 1916)

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Rare species (Ref. 34024). Oviparous (Ref. 6555). Oval, pelagic eggs float in a gelatinous mass (Ref. 205).

Habitat

bathydemersal