Description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12 - 13; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 27 - 31; Vertebrae: 48 - 52. Color in alcohol light brown with numerous melanophores on head and body (Ref. 4058). Pigmentation varies from pale-colored pigmentation to a brownish-black pigmentation (Ref. 4058). Branchiostegal rays: 8 (Ref. 36017).

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Aulopiformes

Family: Evermannellidae

Genus: Evermannella

Species: Evermannella indica Brauer, 1906

Climate Zone

Location

• Indo-Pacific: in tropical and subtropical waters. All previous records of Evermannella indica from the Atlantic are now known to be Evermannella melanoderma, a distinct species (Ref. 41336). South China Sea (Ref.74511).

Biology

Mesopelagic at 0-800 m (Ref. 58302). Oviparous, with planktonic larvae (Ref. 36017).

Habitat

bathypelagic

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Threat to Humans

Harmless