Description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 111 - 113; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 88 - 91. Robust body with rounded snout; eye diameter much shorter than snout; opercular spine strong; 2 median and a pair of basibranchial tooth patches; 7-11 developed rakers on anterior gill arch; pelvic fin rays flattened distally and somewhat thicker in males (Ref. 34024).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Ophidiiformes

Family: Ophidiidae

Genus: Holcomycteronus

Species: Holcomycteronus aequatoris (Smith & Radcliffe, 1913)

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Benthopelagic at bathyal and abyssal depths (Ref. 56809). Rare species (Ref. 34024). Oviparous, with oval pelagic eggs floating in a gelatinous mass (Ref. 205). Minimum depth reported taken from Ref. 4103.

Habitat

bathydemersal