Description

Dorsal soft rays (total): 10 - 11. Body pinkish to chocolate-brown, head grayish-black or dark gray, snout black, fins light gray (Ref. 33731).

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Notacanthiformes

Family: Halosauridae

Genus: Aldrovandia

Species: Aldrovandia mediorostris (Günther, 1887)

Climate Zone

Location

• Indo-West Pacific: Arabian sea between Maldives and Cape Comorin; Indonesia and Philippines.

Biology

Life cycle and mating behavior

Habitat

bathypelagic

Conservation Status

Not Evaluated

Threat to Humans

Harmless