Description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9 - 12; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 14 - 16. Brownish above, sides silvery, iridescent, with black peritoneum showing through (Ref. 7344).

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Aulopiformes

Family: Omosudidae

Genus: Omosudis

Species: Omosudis lowii Günther, 1887

Climate Zone

Biology

Meso- and bathypelagic at 700-1830 m (Ref. 58302). Probably swift swimmers, which can avoid nets, captured singly or in small groups (Ref. 6692). Carnivorous, feed on squids and pelagic fishes (Ref. 6692). Oviparous and are synchronous hermaphrodites (Ref. 84733).

Habitat

bathypelagic

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Threat to Humans

Harmless