Description

Dorsal spines (total): 2. Firm head inflated. Dorsally scaleless snout extend only to the level of lateral nasal angles. Orbit diameter about 32% of head length; short, blunt snout about 3/4 orbit, slightly less than interorbital; small barbel 1/4 orbit diameter. 1D II,13 (Ref. 11651).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Gadiformes

Family: Macrouridae

Genus: Kumba

Species: Kumba hebetata (Gilbert, 1905)

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Benthopelagic (Ref. 58302).

Habitat

bathypelagic