Alcockia rostrata (Günther, 1887)
Description
Elongated body with depressed head bearing sharp spines; eye diameter much shorter than snout; suborbital bones membranous; maxillary sheathed posterodorsally; opercular spine flat and weak; 7 developed rakers on anterior gill arch.
Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Teleostei
Order: Ophidiiformes
Family: Ophidiidae
Genus: Alcockia
Species: Alcockia rostrata (Günther, 1887)
Climate Zone
Location
Biology
Rare species (Ref. 34024). Minimum depth reported by Ref. 30370. Oviparous, with oval pelagic eggs floating in a gelatinous mass (Ref. 205).
Habitat
bathypelagic