| Acropomatidae (Lanternbellies, temperate ocean-basses) |
| 20 cm TL (male/unsexed) |
|
bathypelagic; depth range 100 - 500 m |
| Indo-West Pacific: East Africa to Japan, south to northern Australia, including the Arafura Sea (Ref. 9819). |
|
Dorsal spines (total): 9-9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10-10; Anal spines: 3-3; Anal soft rays: 7-7. Body moderately elongate, compressed. Scales large, weakly ciliated and deciduous. Two luminous organs run longitudinally in the abdominal muscle from the thorax to slightly beyond the anus and join each other at the anterior extremities. |
| Inhabits sand and sandy mud bottoms (Ref. 11230). Marketed fresh or reduced to fishmeal. |
|
Not Evaluated
(Ref. 96402)
|
| harmless |
|
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