Description

Dorsal spines (total): 2; Dorsal soft rays (total): 6 - 7. This small species (<10.5 cm TL) is distinguished by the following characters: pelvic fin rays 8 (7-9); pectoral 12-13; D1II,6-7; gill rakers 17-20; long barbel 40-46% HL, reaching vertical through rear end of orbit; orbit 35-38% HL; rounded snout, barely protruding, short 15-19% HL; posterior luminescent lens round, ventral striae extending to near periproct: compressed otolith, otholith length to height (OL:OH) is 0.95; colliculi separated, small; pseudocolliculum small, total colliculum length to pseudocolliculum length (TCL:PCL), 1.8-2.0 (Ref. 98298).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Gadiformes

Family: Macrouridae

Genus: Hymenocephalus

Species: Hymenocephalus iwamotoi Schwarzhans, 2014

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Life cycle and mating behavior

Habitat

benthopelagic