Description

Dorsal spines (total): 2 - 6; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13 - 23; Anal soft rays: 15 - 29. Maxilla with well-developed tentacle at posterior tip (Ref 12932).

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Perciformes/Bembropoidei

Family: Bembropidae

Genus: Bembrops

Species: Bembrops filiferus Gilbert, 1905

Climate Zone

Location

• Pacific Ocean: Japan to Western Australia and off the Hawaiian Islands.

Biology

Benthic on sand (Ref. 58302).

Habitat

bathydemersal

Conservation Status

Not Evaluated

Threat to Humans

Harmless