Ophidiidae (Cusk-eels), subfamily: Neobythitinae |
48 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
bathydemersal; depth range 1990 - 4970 m |
Indian Ocean (Ref. 34024). Western Central Pacific: off New Caledonia and Philippines (Ref. 31524) and the Gulf of Tomini, Celebes, Indonesia (Ref. 26282). |
Dorsal soft rays (total): 122-128; Anal soft rays: 104-108; Vertebrae: 68-70. Snout inflated; eyes much smaller than snout; opercular spine weak or absent; preopercle without spines and posteriorly expanded almost reaching posterior margin of opercle; pseudobranchial filaments 2 (Ref. 34024). |
Specimens were caught on or near the bottom from upper slope to abyssal depths (Ref. 84269). Uncommon species (Ref. 34024). Oviparous, with oval pelagic eggs floating in a gelatinous mass (Ref. 205). |
Not Evaluated
(Ref. 96402)
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harmless |
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