Description

Dorsal spines (total): 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 9. One dark vertical band through eye which may disappear with an increase in size; 11 dorsal fin rays and 9 anal fin rays. Supraclavicle not developed into a bony shield. Peritoneum and gill rakers black; lateral line with 49 to 51 pored scales; juveniles with narrow horizontal bands narrower than interspaces.

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Acropomatiformes

Family: Glaucosomatidae

Genus: Glaucosoma

Species: Glaucosoma buergeri Richardson, 1845

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Inhabit trawling grounds. Found in moderate depths on the continental shelf, particularly close to reefs or rough bottoms. Carnivorous. Marketed fresh and salted (Ref. 27621).

Habitat

benthopelagic