Description

Dorsal spines (total): 2. Firm head, not inflated with sensory canals lacking pores. Dorsally scaleless snout extend to lateral nasal angles but not onto the forehead. Orbit diameter about 26% of head length; snout slightly longer than orbit; interorbital about equal to the orbit; upper jaw 40-43% HL; short barbel, about 7% HL. 1D II,10 (Ref. 11651).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Gadiformes

Family: Macrouridae

Genus: Kumba

Species: Kumba gymnorhynchus Iwamoto & Sazonov, 1994

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Life cycle and mating behavior

Habitat

bathypelagic