| Family: |
Sebastidae (Rockfishes, rockcods and thornyheads), subfamily: Sebastolobinae |
| Max. size: |
36.88 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
benthopelagic; marine; depth range 731 - 1020 m |
| Distribution: |
Pacific Ocean: currently known only from the southwestern Pacific Ocean (Tasman Sea and northern New Zealand) at depths of 731-1020 m. One specimen (CSIRO H 2625-02, 263.3 mm SL, non-type), tentatively identified as T. carnomagula in ref. 58335 , was collected from southwest of Western Australia, Indian Ocean, at a depth of 738–750 m. Trachyscorpia carnomagula co-occurs with T. eschmeyeri. |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal spines (total): 13-13; Vertebrae: 26-26. Tympanic spines present; upper-jaw lip well developed, covering most of premaxillary tooth band laterally; no scales on lateral surface of maxilla; 57–63 scale rows in longitudinal series; second pelvicfin soft ray short (17.9-24.9% SL, mean 20.3%), shorter than upper-jaw length; body deep (depth 34.3-42.5% of SL, mean 38.0%); orbit diameter large (14.1–18.0% of SL, mean 16.1%); pelvic-fin spine short (9.4–15.9% of SL, mean 12.4%); first anal-fin spine short (5.1–7.7% of SL, mean 6.4%); head profile convex; swimbladder
present; head and trunk whitish with two blackish bands from eye on head and 4 blackish saddles on body in preserved specimens (Ref. 58335). |
| Biology: |
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| IUCN Red List Status: |
Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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