Description

Dorsal soft rays (total): 5; Anal soft rays: 4. Distinguishing characteristics of female: anterior escal appendage 29% SL; distal escal appendage 2.5% SL; pointed distal escal lobes, anterior pair prolonged into filaments about 5.5% SL; posterior escal appendage 30% SL, not divided proximally, bifurcated distally; presence of three pairs of posterolateral appendages on or near base of escal bulb, distal-most and longest pair 36% SL, bifurcated distally (Ref. 86949).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Lophiiformes

Family: Himantolophidae

Genus: Himantolophus

Species: Himantolophus danae Regan & Trewavas, 1932

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Specimen collected at depth of approximately 350 m (Ref. 86949).

Habitat

bathypelagic