Description

Dorsal spines (total): 6; Dorsal soft rays (total): 15 - 17; Anal soft rays: 18. Dark brown to black pigmentation entirely or on most of the membrane of first dorsal fin. Color in alcohol light yellow dorsally, even lighter ventrally. Snout short (1.1-1.2x eye diameter). Scales on lateral and dorsal sides of snout. Upper jaw extending behind anterior margin of eye reaching almost to its mid-line. Lateral line descending adjacent to pectoral fin (Ref 13203).

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Perciformes/Bembropoidei

Family: Bembropidae

Genus: Bembrops

Species: Bembrops greyae Poll, 1959

Climate Zone

Location

• Eastern Atlantic: off coasts of Guinea, Gabon, Congo, and Angola.

Biology

Occurs in coastal waters (Ref. 6948). Found on soft bottoms of the continental shelf and feeds on fishes (Ref. 3656). Minimum depth range reported from Ref. 26999.

Habitat

bathydemersal

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Threat to Humans

Harmless