Description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11 - 13; Anal spines: 0. Sides of body dark; head below and behind eye sprinkled with large melanophores; snout translucent ventrally, transparent dorsally (Ref. 6597). Anal fin either with 2-3 rudimentary rays or not visible externally (Ref. 6597).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Argentiniformes

Family: Opisthoproctidae

Genus: Opisthoproctus

Species: Opisthoproctus soleatus Vaillant, 1888

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Mesopelagic (Ref. 58302). Probably not exhibiting vertical migration (Ref. 6686). The limits of its distribution coincide with the 400m-isotherm for 8°C (Ref. 6542).

Habitat

bathypelagic