Description

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Perciformes/Uranoscopoidei

Family: Uranoscopidae

Genus: Kathetostoma

Species: Kathetostoma averruncus Jordan & Bollman, 1890

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Found on bottom. Feeds mainly on other fishes. Young are pelagic and eaten by large predatory fishes such as tunas. Spine above pectoral fin probably slightly venomous.

Habitat

bathydemersal