Description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13 - 16; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 8 - 10. Black in color.

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Aulopiformes

Family: Ipnopidae

Genus: Bathypterois

Species: Bathypterois atricolor Alcock, 1896

Climate Zone

Location

• Circumglobal, excluding the western Atlantic. Eastern Atlantic: Liberia to Nigeria.

Biology

Occurs on the continental slope, rise and abyss. Extremely eurybathic (250-5,150 m) and eurythermic (10-5°C) (Ref. 3590). Benthic (Ref. 58302).

Habitat

bathydemersal

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Threat to Humans

Harmless