Threespine Seabass

This deep-bodied species is distinguished by the following characters: convex dorsal head profile; A III + 6 in >6.5 cm SL specimens; pectoral-fin rays 16-18 with length 21.5-27% SL; gill rakers 15-18; pseudobranchial filaments 16-23, increasing with size; first anal-fin pterygiophore is long, slightly forward bent, with very broad tip and hollow; ectopterygoid with a single row of denticles; orbit diameter 11.7-13.3% SL; otolith compressed (OL:OH = 1.45-1.55) (Ref. 116586).

Anal spines: 3; Analsoft rays: 6

Found on the continental slope (Ref. 75154).

Parascombrops analis, the threespine seabass, is a species of perciform fish in the family Acropomatidae.