Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Aulopiformes

Family: Aulopidae

Genus: Aulopus

Species: Aulopus cadenati Poll, 1953

Climate Zone

Location

• Southeast Atlantic: presumably restricted to tropical northwestern Africa.

Biology

Found on continental shelf and slope. Feeds on fishes (Ref. 3548).

Habitat

demersal

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Threat to Humans

Harmless