Description

Dorsal spines (total): 9 - 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 35 - 37; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 36 - 38. Adults silvery grey in color; juveniles (to 10 cm) silvery with brown blotches (Ref. 4253).

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Zeiformes

Family: Cyttidae

Genus: Cyttus

Species: Cyttus traversi Hutton, 1872

Climate Zone

Location

• Southeast Atlantic: Walvis Ridge and from off Cape Town to Algoa Bay in South Africa. Indo-West Pacific: south coast of Australia and New Zealand.

Biology

Occurs in offshore waters (Ref. 9258). Juveniles pelagic in surface waters (Ref. 9563).

Habitat

bathydemersal

Conservation Status

Not Evaluated

Threat to Humans

Harmless