Description

Dorsal spines (total): 10 - 12; Dorsal soft rays (total): 24 - 26; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 24 - 27.

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Scombriformes

Family: Chiasmodontidae

Genus: Dysalotus

Species: Dysalotus oligoscolus Johnson & Cohen, 1974

Climate Zone

Biology

Oceanic. Apparently all adults have been taken in hauls to depths exceeding 1,500 m (Ref. 6944)

Habitat

bathypelagic

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Threat to Humans

Harmless