Description

Dorsal spines (total): 6; Dorsal soft rays (total): 14 - 15; Anal soft rays: 16. Anterior portion of first dorsal fin darkish. Usually 6 scale rows between lateral line and origin of anal fin (Ref 12932).

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Perciformes/Bembropoidei

Family: Bembropidae

Genus: Bembrops

Species: Bembrops caudimacula Steindachner, 1876

Climate Zone

Location

• Indo-West Pacific: Japan and Korea, south to Borneo and northeastern Australia, west to the Andaman Sea and Indian Ocean, and in the Gulf of Aden. Eastern Atlantic: only in the Gulf of Guinea.

Biology

Life cycle and mating behavior

Habitat

bathydemersal

Conservation Status

Not Evaluated

Threat to Humans

Harmless