Description

Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 33; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 31 - 32. Eye large, about 1/2 head length; scales with a central ridge on interorbital, nape, belly and bases of soft dorsal and anal fins (Ref. 559).

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Zeiformes

Family: Oreosomatidae

Genus: Allocyttus

Species: Allocyttus folletti Myers, 1960

Climate Zone

Location

• North Pacific: Japan to Bering Sea and to southern central California, USA. Karrer 1990 (Ref. 6545) notes that records of Allocyttus verrucosus from the North Pacific belong to Allocyttus folletti (Ref. 6545).

Biology

Young oceanic; adults near bottom (Ref. 2850).

Habitat

bathydemersal

Conservation Status

Not Evaluated

Threat to Humans

Harmless