Description

Dorsal spines (total): 6 - 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 25 - 28; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 23 - 28. Body reddish in color (Ref. 4256).

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Zeiformes

Family: Zeniontidae

Genus: Zenion

Species: Zenion hololepis (Goode & Bean, 1896)

Climate Zone

Biology

Found over mud or sand-mud bottom (Ref. 26999). Reported to up to 700m depth (Ref. 89996).

Habitat

bathydemersal

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Threat to Humans

Harmless