Description

Vertebrae: 144 - 149. Pectoral fin greatly reduced (Ref. 11954).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Perciformes/Zoarcoidei

Family: Zoarcidae

Genus: Opaeophacus

Species: Opaeophacus acrogeneius Bond & Stein, 1984

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

The captured specimen were associated with an orange coral (Gorgonacea) and a black coral (Antipatharia) (Ref. 11954).

Habitat

bathydemersal