Description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13 - 15; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 19 - 22.

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Myctophiformes

Family: Myctophidae

Genus: Hygophum

Species: Hygophum hanseni (Tåning, 1932)

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Oceanic and mesopelagic; occurs at between 608-728 m during the day and between 57-110 m at night.

Habitat

bathypelagic