Description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13 - 17; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 12 - 18. Black in color with pale luminous patches, which develop with growth, on dorsal and ventral caudal peduncle and other parts of body (Ref. 3982).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Stomiiformes

Family: Stomiidae

Genus: Astronesthes

Species: Astronesthes boulengeri Gilchrist, 1902

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Mesopelagic species (Ref. 7300).

Habitat

bathypelagic