Description

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Body robust, deepest over pectoral fins; several short, weak, concealed spines at lower angle of preopercle; spine on opercle barely if at all reaching beyond rear margin of head; eyes well developed; adults with no dark spots on body or fins; pelvic fin bases close together, inserting under rear margin of eye. Small specimens with 4 rather diffuse broad vertical brown bands on body; adults uniformly brown (Ref. 34024).

Common Names

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Australian tusk , English , Australia

Australian tusk , English , UK

Australian tusk , English , Global

Tusk , English , Australia

Tuskfish , English , Australia

Dannevigia , Estonian , Estonia

高体澳鼬鳚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

高體澳鼬鳚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Ophidiiformes

Family: Ophidiidae

Genus: Dannevigia

Species: Dannevigia tusca Whitley, 1941

Climate Zone

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Temperate

Location

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Eastern Indian Ocean: Great Australian Bight, straying to Bass Straits (Australia).

Biology

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A benthic species found on the continental slope (Ref. 75154). Common species (Ref. 34024). Oviparous, with oval pelagic eggs floating in a gelatinous mass (Ref. 205). Minimum depth reported from Ref. 34024.

Habitat

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benthopelagic

Conservation Status

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Least Concern

Threat to Humans

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Harmless