Description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10 - 12; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 17 - 20; Vertebrae: 38 - 41. Branchiostegal rays: 8-9 (Ref. 31442).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Myctophiformes

Family: Myctophidae

Genus: Gonichthys

Species: Gonichthys tenuiculus (Garman, 1899)

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Epipelagic to mesopelagic; at surface at night (Ref. 31442). Oviparous, with planktonic eggs and larvae (Ref. 31442).

Habitat

bathypelagic