Description

Dorsal spines (total): 1; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8 - 9. Body is compressed (Ref. 37108). Pinkish with silvery reflections, darker dorsally (Ref. 3974). Lacks the checkerboard pattern of whitish and brown, produced by concentration of pigment at the margins of the scale pockets (Ref. 37108).

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Notacanthiformes

Family: Halosauridae

Genus: Halosaurus

Species: Halosaurus ovenii Johnson, 1864

Climate Zone

Biology

The shallowest-occurring halosaur in the Atlantic. May form aggregations. Feeds on polychaetes, sipunculids, crustaceans and fish.

Habitat

bathydemersal

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Threat to Humans

Harmless