Description

Dorsal spines (total): 11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 15; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 15. Body elongate and rounded. Adipose tissue around eye well-developed, with a rather undeveloped eyelid. Scales large, cycloid, and very deciduous.

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Scombriformes

Family: Ariommatidae

Genus: Ariomma

Species: Ariomma brevimanus (Klunzinger, 1884)

Climate Zone

Location

• Indo-Pacific: Red Sea, off Indonesia to Japan and Hawaii.

Biology

Mesobenthopelagic (Ref. 58302). Considered rare but sometimes taken in large quantities by purse seine off Japan (Ref. 12862).

Habitat

benthopelagic

Conservation Status

Not Evaluated

Threat to Humans

Harmless