Description

Dorsal soft rays (total): 10 - 13. Body white pinkish or pink, head lighter colored.

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Notacanthiformes

Family: Halosauridae

Genus: Halosaurus

Species: Halosaurus pectoralis McCulloch, 1926

Climate Zone

Biology

A temperate species (Ref. 7300) occurring on the continental slope (Ref. 9563, 75154).

Habitat

bathydemersal

Conservation Status

Not Evaluated

Threat to Humans

Harmless