Description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11 - 14; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 24 - 28. Body pale with black dorsal band (Ref. 4056).

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Aulopiformes

Family: Lestidiidae

Genus: Macroparalepis

Species: Macroparalepis affinis Ege, 1933

Climate Zone

Biology

Epipelagic to bathypelagic, young mainly at the surface and to 200 m, adults at 400-2,000 m (Ref. 4473). Carnivorous (Ref. 5759).

Habitat

bathypelagic

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Threat to Humans

Harmless