dcsimg

Description

provided by World Register of Marine Species
Chiefly marine; rarely brackish. Distribution: Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific. Supramaxilla small, if present. Branchiostegal rays 12-26, except the neotenic Bathysaurus mollis with 8. Vertebrae 49-63. Non-hermaphroditic, except Bathysaurus.
license
cc-by-4.0
copyright
WoRMS Editorial Board
bibliographic citation
MASDEA (1997).
contributor
Edward Vanden Berghe [email]