Description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 74 - 78; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 71 - 75; Vertebrae: 56 - 57. No chin barbel; very small round light organ on abdomen in front of the center of the distance between the end of the base of the pelvic fins and the anus; pyloric caeca 9-12; body cavity extending to level of 13-14th ray of the anal fin. Caudal fin rounded.

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Gadiformes

Family: Moridae

Genus: Gadella

Species: Gadella obscurus (Parin, 1984)

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Life cycle and mating behavior

Habitat

benthopelagic