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Alepocephalus rostratus Risso, 1820

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 16 - 20; Anal spines: 17 - 20.

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Alepocephaliformes

Family: Alepocephalidae

Genus: Alepocephalus

Species: Alepocephalus rostratus Risso, 1820

Climate Zone

  • bathydemersal

    • Location

  • Eastern Atlantic: northeast Atlantic and western Mediterranean to Cape Verde (Ref. 4736); Morocco to Cameroon, then from Angola to Namibia (Ref. 4460).

    • Biology

    Found over soft bottoms (Ref. 4736). Feeds on pelagic crustaceans like euphausiids, decapods and mysids (Ref. 27637).

    Habitat

    bathydemersal