Ghost Rattail

Snout short, blunt, with a broad spinous scute at its tip, its leading edge and most of its underside naked; suborbital shelf very narrow anteriorly; interopercle broadly rounded posteriorly; chin with very short barbel. Scales rather deciduous; body scales with 3 to 10 low, subparallel rows of spinules; gill and gular membranes and interopercle naked. Pyloric caeca short, 5 to 7. Overall color is grayish brown; fins blackish to dusky; oral and gill cavities blackish.

Dorsal spines (total): 2; Analspines: 0

Feeds mainly on pelagic forms (Ref. 1371).

Feeds mainly on pelagic forms (Ref. 1371). Too small for fresh consumption (Ref. 1371).

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