Scientific Name
Polymixia lowei
Common Name
Beardfish
Biology
Dorsal
spines
(total): 5;
Dorsal
soft rays
(total): 26-32;
Anal
spines: 4;
Anal
soft rays: 15;
Vertebrae: 29 - 30. Tip of snout projecting beyond upper jaw (Ref. 13608). Body elongate. Head blunt and rounded. Head and body bluish gray (Ref. 37108). Body with metallic blue shin above, silvery below (Ref. 7251).