[3][4] The blackfin waryfish is pinkish black in colour, with the pectoral fins having a large black patch covering their basal two-thirds and a white distal stripe.

[7] The blackfin waryfish lives in the North Atlantic Ocean.

It is benthopelagic and oceanodromous, living at depths of 70–2,500 m (230–8,200 ft).

[9] Spawning occurs in midwater far offshore, including in the Sargasso Sea.

[10] It is eaten by Sebastes (ocean perch).