Description

Dorsal spines (total): 34 - 35; Dorsal soft rays (total): 85 - 90; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 80 - 84; Vertebrae: 126 - 129. Body silvery, jaws and opercle blackish. The inside of the mouth and gill cavities black.

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Scombriformes

Family: Trichiuridae

Genus: Benthodesmus

Species: Benthodesmus neglectus Parin, 1976

Climate Zone

Location

• Western Central Pacific: Halmahera and Flores Sea in Indonesia; north of New Guinea.

Biology

Probably benthopelagic, juveniles mesopelagic from 200 to 800 m depth (Ref. 9688).

Habitat

benthopelagic

Conservation Status

Not Evaluated

Threat to Humans

Harmless