Description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 83 - 96; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 62 - 73. A pair of jet-black blotches on caudal fin between the 2nd and 4th rays counted from above and below respectively. Body narrow, its depth less than 1/2 of SL. Pectoral fin long, upper rays elongated into filaments, its length longer than head length. More scales in lateral line and more pectoral fin rays than in E. grandisquama.

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Pleuronectiformes

Family: Bothidae

Genus: Engyprosopon

Species: Engyprosopon multisquama Amaoka, 1963

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Life cycle and mating behavior

Habitat

demersal

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Threat to Humans

Harmless