Description

Dorsal spines (total): 38; Dorsal soft rays (total): 112; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 102; Vertebrae: 155. 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 papua Parin, 1978

Climate Zone

Location

• Western Central Pacific: Coral Sea, southeast of Gulf of Papua.

Biology

Probably benthopelagic, juveniles mesopelagic at 200 m (Ref. 9688).

Habitat

benthopelagic

Conservation Status

Not Evaluated

Threat to Humans

Harmless