Description

Dorsal spines (total): 6; Dorsal soft rays (total): 16; Anal soft rays: 26. Maxilla without tentacle. Spinous dorsal fin never jet black (Ref 12932).

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Perciformes/Bembropoidei

Family: Bembropidae

Genus: Chrionema

Species: Chrionema chryseres Gilbert, 1905

Climate Zone

Location

• Pacific Ocean: Japan and Hawaii. Recently reported from the Chesterfield Islands (Ref. 11897).

Biology

Benthic on sand and rock (Ref. 58302).

Habitat

bathydemersal

Conservation Status

Not Evaluated

Threat to Humans

Harmless