Description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 152 - 160; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 6 - 7; Vertebrae: 114 - 121. Body and tail silvery in color; dorsal base blackish (Ref. 6551). Branchiostegal rays: 4-6 (Ref. 36609). Pelvic fins absent in adults.

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Lampriformes

Family: Radiicephalidae

Genus: Radiicephalus

Species: Radiicephalus elongatus Osório, 1917

Climate Zone

Biology

Mesopelagic species (Ref. 6808). Adults feed on lantern-fishes (Myctophidae) and possibly euphausiid crustaceans (Ref. 6739). Oviparous, with planktonic larvae (Ref. 36609). They have the ability to discharge dark brown fluid from the ink-sac when alarmed.

Habitat

oceanic

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Threat to Humans

Harmless