Description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12 - 13; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 11 - 12. Pelvic and lower caudal rays prolonged; subcaudal notch absent (Ref. 13608).

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Aulopiformes

Family: Ipnopidae

Genus: Bathypterois

Species: Bathypterois viridensis (Roule, 1916)

Climate Zone

Location

• Eastern Atlantic: Cape Verde and off Liberia. Western Atlantic: between 45°N and 5°N (numerous records in the Pan-Caribbean region).

Biology

Found on continental slopes. Synchronously hermaphroditic (Ref. 3590).

Habitat

bathydemersal

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Threat to Humans

Harmless