Scientific Name
Icosteus aenigmaticus
Common Name
Ragfish
Biology
Dorsal
spines
: 0;
Dorsal
soft rays
: 52-55;
Anal
spines: 0;
Anal
soft rays: 34 - 40. Pectorals rounded, pedunculate. Generally of a chocolate color. Young more robust, with an expanded and rounded caudal fin, 5 pelvic rays, and a brown and yellow irregularly blotched with faint purple color, dusky on fins.