Description

Dorsal spines (total): 6; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12 - 14; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 12 - 14. Rear edge of maxilla ends below anterior nostril, well in front of eye. Preopercular spine single, long, bayonet-like, reaching to or past rear opercular margin, accessory spine lacking. Caudal fin emarginate, upper lobe longest, bearing an elongate filament. Dorsal and anal fin rays usually 13. Lateral line scales often about 94.

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Perciformes/Scorpaenoidei

Family: Platycephalidae

Genus: Elates

Species: Elates ransonnettii (Steindachner, 1876)

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Taken by trawling over sand bottoms from about 5 to 53 m (Ref. 9790).

Habitat

demersal

Conservation Status

Not Evaluated

Threat to Humans

Harmless