Description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 54 - 65; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 10 - 13; Vertebrae: 105 - 107. This species is distinguished by the following set of characters (holotype measurements in parentheses): supraneural bones 6-7; dorsal-fin rays 54-65 (mode 58); total vertebrae 105-107 (107); pored lateral-line scales 99-109 (105); pre-dorsal scale rows 13-20 (16); head length 23-31 % (mean 27 %) of SL; pectoral-fin length 10-18 % (15 %) of SL; pre-dorsal-fin length 31-39 % (35 %) of SL; dorsal-fin base length 47-56 % (52 %) of SL; postorbital length 9-12 % (10 %) of SL; upper caudal-fin length 16-32 % (21 %) of SL (Ref. 109573).

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Albuliformes

Family: Albulidae

Genus: Pterothrissus

Species: Pterothrissus gissu Hilgendorf, 1877

Climate Zone

Biology

Found in deep waters.

Habitat

benthopelagic

Conservation Status

Data deficient

Threat to Humans

Harmless