Description

Dorsal spines (total): 6; Dorsal soft rays (total): 14 - 15; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 15 - 16. Vague dusky spots along body, 1 on caudal fin at base of upper rays; scales edged with black; 1st dorsal fin dusky to black in color (Ref. 6652). Distal margin of first dorsal fin darkish. Usually 5 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 platyrhynchus (Alcock, 1894)

Climate Zone

Location

• Indo-West Pacific: including the Bay of Bengal, the South China Sea, the Philippine Sea, the Tasman Sea, and off the coast of Somalia and South Africa.

Biology

Inhabits offshore trawling grounds (Ref. 3132).

Habitat

bathydemersal

Conservation Status

Not Evaluated

Threat to Humans

Harmless