Description

Dorsal spines (total): 5; Dorsal soft rays (total): 14; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 10. Eye prominent with subocular light organ. 13 abdominal scutes.

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Trachichthyiformes

Family: Anomalopidae

Genus: Phthanophaneron

Species: Phthanophaneron harveyi (Rosenblatt & Montgomery, 1976)

Climate Zone

Biology

A specimen taken from a steep sandy slope with profuse black coral growth.

Habitat

demersal

Conservation Status

Data deficient

Threat to Humans

Harmless