Description

Dorsal spines (total): 5 - 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8 - 15; Anal spines: 3 - 5; Anal soft rays: 7 - 9; Vertebrae: 28 - 29. Side of body covered with deciduous small cycloid scales (Ref. 13608).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Beryciformes

Family: Gibberichthyidae

Genus: Gibberichthys

Species: Gibberichthys pumilus Parr, 1933

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Kasidoron, once given family status as Kasidoridae, is the larva of this species (Ref. 6993). Adults found at depths of 320 - 1,100 meters and larvae at 0 - 50 meters (Ref. 51655). Feeds on amphipods and copepods (Ref. 37039).

Habitat

bathypelagic