Boarfish

Eye large; snout as long as eye or longer. Mouth very protractile, forming a short tube when protruded. Third dorsal and anal spines only a little longer and stronger than the others. Body depth more than one and a half times in standard length. Vertebrae 21-23.

Dorsal spines (total): 9 - 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 23 - 25; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 22 - 24

Gregarious. Occurs mainly at 100-400 m with occasional interruptions into shallow water (Ref. 4952).

Depth range from 40-600 m (Ref. 35388) and from 288-700 m in the eastern Ionian Sea (Ref. 56504). Gregarious. Form schools. Found over rock or coral, but also trawled over sandy ground. Feed on crustaceans or worms, mollusks (Ref. 4952). Males are smaller than females (Ref. 5377).

fisheries: of no interest