Author: (Ramsay, 1881)
FBname: Blackflash ribbonfish
Remark: <i>Trachipterus arawatae</i> Clarke, 1881 is a separated valid species in ECoF.
Comments: Oceanic and mesopelagic (Ref. 7300).  Enters estuaries (Ref. 9563).  Feeds on pelagic crustaceans (Ref. 27637); fishes, squids, urochordatans, and nematodes (Anisakidae) were found in the stomach of specimens caught off the coasts of Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul, southern Brazil (Ref. 56498).