Description

Dorsal soft rays (total): 12 - 13; Anal soft rays: 13; Vertebrae: 42. Branchiostegal rays 4. Greatest body depth 18-23% SL. Pyloric caeca 8-10 (Ref. 41239). Roundish swim bladder. Radial pattern absent on operculum. Gill rakers on the inner surface of epibranchial absent on the first gill arch. Pectorals extending far beyond the origin of the dorsal fin. Base of dorsal fin longer than anal fin base (Ref. 33679).

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Argentiniformes

Family: Bathylagidae

Genus: Bathylagichthys

Species: Bathylagichthys longipinnis (Kobyliansky, 1985)

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Minimum depth from Ref. 58018.

Habitat

bathypelagic

Conservation Status

Not Evaluated

Threat to Humans

Harmless