White Sea Catfish

Body dark blue dorsally, silvery white ventrally. Dorsal fin, adipose fin, soft ray of pectoral fin and maxillary barbel dark blue. Posterior margins of caudal and anal fins slightly blackish (Ref. 27363).

Males carry the eggs in their mouth (Ref. 205).

Oceanodromous. Migrating within oceans typically between spawning and different feeding areas, as tunas do. Migrations should be cyclical and predictable and cover more than 100 km.

Dorsal spines (total): 1; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 14 - 15

Males carry the eggs in their mouth (Ref. 205). Depth range based on occurrence (Ref. 121781); to be replaced with a better reference.

fisheries: commercial