Charcoal Codling

Branchiostegal rays: 7 (Ref. 36399).

Oviparous (Ref. 36399).

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 66 - 77; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 62 - 76; Vertebrae: 51 - 58

Juveniles are often taken in or near scattering layer (Ref. 36399). Food habits change from feeding near the bottom to picking plankton from pelagic waters (Ref. 28023). Oviparous, with planktonic larvae (Ref. 36399).

Physiculus nematopus, the charcoal mora, is a bathydemersal fish found in the Eastern Central Pacific Ocean.