Species Kingdom

Animalia

Species Class

Teleostei
Elasmobranchii
Chondrostei
Holostei
Petromyzonti
Holocephali
Myxini
Cladistii
Coelacanthi

Species Order

Rajiformes
Acipenseriformes
Galaxiiformes
Orectolobiformes
Clupeiformes
Heterodontiformes
Acropomatiformes
Pleuronectiformes
Gadiformes
Tetraodontiformes
Lophiiformes
Albuliformes
Anguilliformes
Osmeriformes
Esociformes
Perciformes/Gasterosteoidei
Characiformes
Carangaria/misc
Gonorynchiformes
Percopsiformes
Perciformes/Percoidei
Gobiiformes
Acanthuriformes
Stomiiformes
Perciformes/Bembropoidei
Myliobatiformes
Polypteriformes
Hexanchiformes
Lamniformes
Dactylopteriformes

Echiostoma barbatum Lowe, 1843

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12 - 15; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 14 - 18.

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Stomiiformes

Family: Stomiidae

Genus: Echiostoma

Species: Echiostoma barbatum Lowe, 1843

Climate Zone

bathypelagic

Location

Eastern Atlantic: Portugal to South Africa except the Gulf of Guinea. Western Atlantic: USA south to Argentina, including the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. Northwest Atlantic: Canada (Ref. 5951). Also Indian and Pacific oceans.

Biology

Meso- to abyssopelagic (Ref. 58302).

Habitat

bathypelagic