Description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9 - 11; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 15 - 19. Head black, body dark.

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Aulopiformes

Family: Ipnopidae

Genus: Ipnops

Species: Ipnops agassizii Garman, 1899

Climate Zone

Biology

Abyssobenthic on the lower slope and rise. Largest eggs ca 0.8 mm; fecundity is low with ca 85-300 eggs per clutch. Eyes are particularly modified into flat lenseless plaques as in Ipnops murrayi.

Habitat

bathydemersal

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Threat to Humans

Harmless