Description

Dorsal spines (total): 4 - 5; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13 - 16; Anal spines: 2 - 3; Anal soft rays: 8 - 10. Body and head brownish grey; fins dusky to blackish (Ref. 4181).

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Trachichthyiformes

Family: Trachichthyidae

Genus: Hoplostethus

Species: Hoplostethus melanopus (Weber, 1913)

Climate Zone

Biology

Found on the continental slope (Ref. 75154). Lives close to the bottom (Ref. 27121).

Habitat

bathydemersal

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Threat to Humans

Harmless