Bathypterois dubius Vaillant, 1888
Common Names
Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Teleostei
Order: Aulopiformes
Family: Ipnopidae
Genus: Bathypterois
Species: Bathypterois dubius Vaillant, 1888
Climate Zone
Location
Biology
Found on continental slope and rise between temperatures of 12°C to 4°C (Ref. 3590). Usually solitary; probably forms occasional aggregates. Feeds on mysids and benthopelagic copepods. Synchronously hermaphroditic (Ref. 6688)
Habitat
bathydemersal
Conservation Status
Least Concern
Threat to Humans
Harmless