Description

Dorsal spines (total): 0 - 4; Dorsal soft rays (total): 16 - 20; Anal soft rays: 15 - 19. Body with 5 dark transverse bands. Posterior edge of skull arching backward. Upper part of cleithrum completely exposed, not concealed with fleshy appendage. No respiratory groove between upper part of cleithrum and pectoral fin. A dermal fold absent on midventral margin of belly (Ref 42788).

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Perciformes/Uranoscopoidei

Family: Uranoscopidae

Genus: Ichthyscopus

Species: Ichthyscopus fasciatus Haysom, 1957

Climate Zone

Biology

Inhabits trawling grounds.

Habitat

demersal

Conservation Status

Not Evaluated

Threat to Humans

Harmless