Arafura Driftfish

Small specimens mottled or banded; adult uniformly black (Ref. 4412). Body moderately deep. Predorsal scales extending forward to about level of mideye. Snout deep and evenly rounded (Ref 9834).Description: Characterized further by having deeply forked caudal fin with pointed lobes; jaws terminal; small teeth, conical, mostly uniserial (Ref. 90102).

Dorsal spines (total): 11 - 13; Dorsal soft rays (total): 18 - 22; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 21 - 23; Vertebrae: 31

Juveniles often in near shore surface, while adults are probably benthopelagic (Ref. 75154).

Oceanic species (Ref. 27121). Caught at the surface with an associated medusae, using hand net (Ref. 26165).

fisheries: of no interest

Psenes arafurensis is a species of Perciformes in the family Nomeidae.