Description

Dorsal spines (total): 6; Dorsal soft rays (total): 14 - 15; Anal soft rays: 17 - 18. Caudal fin with dark gray pigmentation along entire posterior edge and scales absent in small area in front of eye. Snout relatively short, 0.8-1.4x eye diameter. Scales on lateral and dorsal sides of snout in most specimens. A small area in front of eye without scales in most specimens. Upper jaw extending behind anterior margin of eye reaching almost to its mid-line. Maxillary tentacle short and stubby. Lateral line descending gradually, reaching mid-line at tip of pectoral fin, separated from origin of first dorsal fin by 3-5 rows of scales, from origin of anal fin by 5-7, and from insertion of anal fin by 2 or 3. Second spine of first dorsal fin prolonged in some specimens. Pectoral fin pointed in most specimens (Ref 13203).

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Perciformes/Bembropoidei

Family: Bembropidae

Genus: Bembrops

Species: Bembrops macromma Ginsburg, 1955

Climate Zone

Location

• Western Central Atlantic: Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea.

Biology

Female specimens collected in May have mature gonads (Ref. 13203).

Habitat

bathydemersal

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Threat to Humans

Harmless