Description

Dorsal soft rays (total): 258; Anal soft rays: 180 - 183; Vertebrae: 183 - 189. Diagnosis: The head and belly of this species is dark; margins of dorsal and anal fins black; pectoral and caudal fins light; dark spot on operculum. Dorsal fin originates slightly in front of the base of pectoral fin, above the 7th-10th pore of lateral line. Vertebrae 183-189; trunk vertebrae 128-132. Pores of lateral line to anus 57-62. Supraorbital canal 4, suborbital canal 7, preoperculomandibular canal 10, occipital commissure 0 (Ref. 54804).

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Anguilliformes

Family: Congridae

Genus: Ariosoma

Species: Ariosoma multivertebratum Karmovskaya, 2004

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Life cycle and mating behavior

Habitat

benthopelagic