Wenchman

Interorbital space flat. The eyes large, its orbit almost touching head profile. Scale rows on back running parallel to the lateral line. Back and upper sides pink to reddish, becoming pink to silvery-white on belly; the fins are translucent to pinkish except for the outer part of the caudal and dorsal fins which are yellowish.

Dorsal spines (total): 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10 - 11; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 7 - 8

A deep-water species. Feeds mainly on small fishes.

A deep-water species. Feeds mainly on small fishes. A good food fish, it is marketed fresh, rarely frozen.

fisheries: minor commercial; price category: very high; price reliability: very questionable: based on ex-vessel price for species in this family

Feeds mainly on small fishes

Western Atlantic: 42.29°N to North Carolina, USA and the Caribbean Sea to Guiana

nektonic

a deep-water species