Hemitripterus bolini (Myers, 1934)

Description


Dorsal spines (total): 13 - 14; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11 - 12; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 13. Caudal fin rounded (Ref. 6885). Color mottled gray or brown above, paler below; four or five vague darker saddles across back; two tan stripes across head; red below anterior part of spinous dorsal; mottled red brown on membranes of spinous dorsal fin, lighter between fifth and eighth spines; chestnut brown on rayed dorsal with pale gray marbling; on pectorals alternating bands of yellow brown, light gray, and dark brown; light gray with fine black speckling and orange patches on anal fin; on caudal fin dark reddish brown with fine vertical stripes of gray brown (Ref. 6885).

Taxonomic Hierarchy


Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Perciformes/Cottoidei

Family: Agonidae

Genus: Hemitripterus

Species: Hemitripterus bolini (Myers, 1934)

Climate Zone


  • Temperate
  • Location


    Biology


    Occurs offshore (Ref. 2850).

    Habitat


    demersal