Description

Dorsal spines (total): 5; Dorsal soft rays (total): 14; Anal soft rays: 16 - 17; Vertebrae: 26. This species is distinguished by the following set of characters: body, slightly depressed; D V,14; A 16-17, usually 16; pectoral-fin rays 13-14 + 4-5 = 17-18, usually 14 + 4 = 18; infraorbitals are mostly spineless; scales on dorsal surface of body; vomerine tooth patch is constricted medially mostly separating teeth into bilaterally symmetrical patches; interorbit narrow, its width 5.8-6.8 % HL); orbit relatively large, its diameter 41.8-44.9 % HL) (Ref. 117900).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Perciformes/Scorpaenoidei

Family: Hoplichthyidae

Genus: Hoplichthys

Species: Hoplichthys mcgroutheri Nagano, Imamura & Yabe, 2014

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Life cycle and mating behavior

Habitat

bathydemersal