Hoplobrotula armata (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
Armoured cusk
Hoplobrotula armata
photo by Senou, H.

 Family:  Ophidiidae (Cusk-eels), subfamily: Neobythitinae
 Max. size:  70 cm SL (male/unsexed)
 Environment:  bathydemersal; depth range 200 - 350 m
 Distribution:  Western Pacific: Japan to off Australia, including the Arafura Sea (Ref. 9819).
 Diagnosis:  Dorsal soft rays (total): -94. Rather elongate body with blunt head; eye almost as long as snout; upper jaws ends well behind eye; 3 sharp spines on preopercle and 1strong opercular spine; 1 median and a pair of basibranchial tooth patches; 5-6 developed rakers on anterior gill arch; pelvic fins inserted beneath eye; precaudal vertebrae 13 (Ref. 34024). Snout spine present (Ref. 34024).
 Biology:  Found on the shelf and shelf edge (Ref. 11230). Common species (Ref. 34024). Oviparous, with oval pelagic eggs floating in a gelatinous mass (Ref. 205).
 IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated  (Ref. 96402)
 Threat to humans:  harmless
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 Entered by: Luna, Susan M. - 19.12.94
 Modified by: Luna, Susan M. - 04.09.08
 Checked by: Garilao, Cristina V. - 04.10.00

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