Description

Dorsal spines (total): 6; Dorsal soft rays (total): 14 - 15; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 18; Vertebrae: 28. Head almost completely covered by scales (scales absent only in lips, chin, branchiostegal membranes and narrow band on snout in front of eyes); first ray of spiny dorsal fin elongated in males (Ref. 41739).

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Perciformes/Bembropoidei

Family: Bembropidae

Genus: Chrionema

Species: Chrionema pallidum Parin, 1990

Climate Zone

Location

• Southeast Pacific: known from 3 seamounts in the western part of the Sala y Gomez submarine ridge between 25°01'-25°11'S and 97°28'-100°49'W.

Biology

Life cycle and mating behavior

Habitat

bathydemersal

Conservation Status

Not Evaluated

Threat to Humans

Harmless