Description

Dorsal soft rays (total): 135 - 136. Body long and compressed; head short, 3 or more times in preanal; eyes small; branchiostegal rays 7; jaw teeth sharp-pointed, compressed, in a single row; median basibranchial tooth patches 2; gill rakers short, spiny tubercle pads; caudal fin rays 8; precaudal vertebrae 22-23 (Ref. 34024). Body depth at anus less than head length (Ref. 34024).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Ophidiiformes

Family: Ophidiidae

Genus: Enchelybrotula

Species: Enchelybrotula gomoni Cohen, 1982

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Rare species (Ref. 34024). Reproductive strategy possibly similar to other members of this family featuring oviparity, with oval pelagic eggs floating in a gelatinous mass (Ref. 205).

Habitat

bathydemersal

Conservation Status

Data deficient

Threat to Humans

Harmless