Description

Dorsal soft rays (total): 136; Anal soft rays: 106.

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Ophidiiformes

Family: Ophidiidae

Genus: Genypterus

Species: Genypterus chilensis (Guichenot, 1848)

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Common species inhabiting rocky bottom in deep shelf and upper slope waters (Ref. 34024). Oviparous, with oval pelagic eggs floating in a gelatinous mass (Ref. 205).

Habitat

bathydemersal