Description

Dorsal soft rays (total): 5; Anal soft rays: 4. Distinguishing characteristics of metamorphosed female: length of illicium 70-87% SL; each primary branch of posterior escal appendage simple, total length 4.0-4.5% SL; stem of illicium with a single pair of posterolateral appendage, length 1.0-2.0% in SL (Ref. 86949).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Lophiiformes

Family: Himantolophidae

Genus: Himantolophus

Species: Himantolophus nigricornis Bertelsen & Krefft, 1988

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Life cycle and mating behavior

Habitat

bathypelagic