Description

Dorsal spines (total): 4; Dorsal soft rays (total): 14; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 9. Dark grey in color (Ref. 4181).

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Trachichthyiformes

Family: Trachichthyidae

Genus: Hoplostethus

Species: Hoplostethus tenebricus Kotlyar, 1980

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Life cycle and mating behavior

Habitat

bathypelagic