Chaenophryne quasiramifera Pietsch, 2007
Chaenophryne quasiramifera
photo by Pietsch, T.W.

 Family:  Oneirodidae (Dreamers)
 Max. size:  9.8 cm SL (male/unsexed)
 Environment:  bathydemersal; depth range 0 - 1130 m
 Distribution:  Southeast Pacific: Peru-Chile Trench and Nasca Ridge.
 Diagnosis:  Dorsal soft rays (total): 8-8; Anal soft rays: 6-6. This species can be easily distinguished from its congeners in having the following characters: 1 or 2 elongate illicial filaments originating laterally just below base of escal bulb (vs. C. ramifera with 7-12 on each side; descending escal appendage extending along anterior margin of illicium, a small proximal portion emerging at articulation of illicium and illicial pterygiophores as a free, anterodorsally directed tentacle; short illicium, 21.1-22.9% SL; greater number of dorsal- and anal-fin rays, 8 and 6, respectively (Ref. 75756).
 Biology: 
 IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated  (Ref. 96402)
 Threat to humans:  harmless
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 Entered by: Capuli, Estelita Emily - 10.06.08

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