Description

Dorsal soft rays (total): 9 - 11. Body chocolate-brown, head black, operculum silvery (Ref. 33731).

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Notacanthiformes

Family: Halosauridae

Genus: Halosaurus

Species: Halosaurus carinicauda (Alcock, 1889)

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Life cycle and mating behavior

Habitat

bathypelagic