Description

Dorsal spines (total): 4; Dorsal soft rays (total): 22 - 23; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 16; Vertebrae: 28. This species is distinguished by the following characters: D IV,22-23; A I,16; pectoral fin rays 19-20; pelvic fin rays I,5; lateral Line scales 39-41; gill rakers 18-21+ 35-39; total vertebrae 28; in males, pelvic fins long, reaching on to anal; black pigmentation between membrane of maxilla and premaxilla (Ref. 88162).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Eupercaria/misc

Family: Cepolidae

Genus: Owstonia

Species: Owstonia whiteheadi (Talwar, 1973)

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Caught by commercial deep-sea shrimp trawler in bycatch landings (Ref. 88162).

Habitat

neritic