Description

Dorsal soft rays (total): 12; Anal soft rays: 27; Vertebrae: 46. Body moderately elongate, deep strongly compressed. Body and head naked. Skin smooth, delicate and easily torn. Head and body dark brown with brassy green iridescence in alcohol (Ref. 35851).

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Aulopiformes

Family: Evermannellidae

Genus: Coccorella

Species: Coccorella atrata (Alcock, 1894)

Climate Zone

Location

• Indo-West Pacific: Bay of Bengal (Ref. 26282), Solomon Sea (Ref. 6993), New Zealand (Ref. 5755), and Japan (Ref. 35851). Southeast Pacific: Chile (Ref. 9068). South China Sea (Ref.74511)

Biology

Life cycle and mating behavior

Habitat

bathypelagic

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Threat to Humans

Harmless