Crested Bandfish

Head and body silvery in color and possibly with silvery spots; fins red (Ref. 4165).

Oviparous (Ref. 36608).

Oceanodromous. Migrating within oceans typically between spawning and different feeding areas, as tunas do. Migrations should be cyclical and predictable and cover more than 100 km.

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 206 - 263; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 5 - 20; Vertebrae: 124 - 153

A rare (Ref. 4165), oceanic, mesopelagic species. Occasionally stranded in shallow water (Ref. 9563). Capable of discharging a black ink from an ink-sac in the cloaca when alarmed. Adults feed on fishes (anchovies) and squids (Ref. 6740). Oviparous, with planktonic eggs and larvae (Ref. 36608). Found in stomachs of tunas (Ref. 2850).

fisheries: of no interest