Description

Large barbels on lower jaw. Orange-reddish in life with black bands in pectoral fin and black edge on dorsal fins.

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Perciformes/Scorpaenoidei

Family: Peristediidae

Genus: Gargariscus

Species: Gargariscus prionocephalus (Duméril, 1869)

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

A deepwater species (Ref. 9771). Found on the continental shelf (Ref. 75154). Bony scutes reduce commercial value (Ref. 9771).

Habitat

bathydemersal