Description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 73 - 79; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 68 - 73. Some teeth in upper jaw moderately large; teeth in lower jaw very large; 63-73 rays in second dorsal fin. Gill rakers very short, pear-shaped. Pelvic fins shore, often reaching base of the anal fin. Abdominal cavity extends to below the base of the 23rd-24th ray of the anal fin. Interbranchial membrane lacks scales. 54 vertebrae (without urostyle). Caudal fin weakly rounded (Ref. 44938).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Gadiformes

Family: Moridae

Genus: Gadella

Species: Gadella svetovidovi Trunov, 1992

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Life cycle and mating behavior

Habitat

bathydemersal