Description

Dorsal spines (total): 3; Dorsal soft rays (total): 135 - 137; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 97 - 101; Vertebrae: 156 - 170. Lateral line descending steeply from head and reaching close to ventral body margin; maxilla extending almost to a vertical through posterior margin of eye; subopercle large, elongated, anteriorly serrated, and fimbriated along posterior margin; first anal spine enlarged, dagger-shaped; and caudal peduncle vertebrae short and bearing neural spines (except ultimate centrum), the last four penultimate centra each bearing one long and two short neural spines on the middle of the dorsal zygapophyses (Ref. 50501). Lacks a caudal fin, the body tapering to a hairlike tail (Ref. 50501).

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Scombriformes

Family: Trichiuridae

Genus: Demissolinea

Species: Demissolinea novaeguineensis Burhanuddin & Iwatsuki, 2003

Climate Zone

Biology

Environment needs verification.

Habitat

benthopelagic

Conservation Status

Not Evaluated

Threat to Humans

Harmless