Description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 14; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 9. Body silvery, pinkish white; gill covers and underside of head dark (Ref. 5320).

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Aulopiformes

Family: Ipnopidae

Genus: Bathypterois

Species: Bathypterois perceptor Sulak, 1977

Climate Zone

Location

• Western Indian Ocean: off Beira, Mozambique and south of Madagascar. Southwest Atlantic: off southern Brazil.

Biology

Life cycle and mating behavior

Habitat

bathydemersal

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Threat to Humans

Harmless