Description

Dorsal spines (total): 4; Dorsal soft rays (total): 25 - 27; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 8 - 10. Small specimens pale with dark blotches on body, dorsal, anal and pelvic fins becoming larger and coalescing with growth; adults dark with narrow, pale, vertical bands (Ref. 5449).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Acropomatiformes

Family: Pentacerotidae

Genus: Histiopterus

Species: Histiopterus typus Temminck & Schlegel, 1844

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Inhabits deep rocky reefs (Ref. 9710, 11230).

Habitat

associated