Description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9 - 10; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 29 - 31. Body pale with a dark dorsal band (Ref. 4056).

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Aulopiformes

Family: Lestidiidae

Genus: Lestidiops

Species: Lestidiops jayakari (Boulenger, 1889)

Climate Zone

Biology

Epipelagic to bathypelagic, from 50 (larvae and juveniles (Ref. 47377)) to more than 2,000 m (older youngs and adults (Ref. 47377)) (Ref. 4056).

Habitat

bathypelagic

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Threat to Humans

Harmless