Description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10 - 13; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 21 - 23. Mature males with 6-8 supracaudal luminous structures; mature females with 3-6 infracaudal luminous patches.

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Myctophiformes

Family: Myctophidae

Genus: Gonichthys

Species: Gonichthys cocco (Cocco, 1829)

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Oceanic, found between 425-1,000 m during the day with maximum abundance at 425-650 m (Ref. 4479). Nyctoepipelagic from the surface to 175 m (Ref. 4479).

Habitat

bathypelagic