| Trachichthyidae (Slimeheads) |
| 35.4 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
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demersal; depth range - 660 m |
| Northwestern Pacific: Philippines (east of Calagua Islands) and Japan. |
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Dorsal spines (total): 6-6; Dorsal soft rays (total): 14-14; Anal spines: 3-3; Anal soft rays: 9-9; Vertebrae: 27-27. Hoplostethus robustispinus has extremely thickened fin spines, 56 digitiform pyloric caeca, a bright red body, fins with no black pigment in any fin membranes, no silvery flanks, a long trunk (VA distance is greater than almost all other species) and eyes more dorsally placed, with the upper margin dorsal to preopercular ridges and level with the post-temporal spine (Ref. 84133). |
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Not Evaluated
(Ref. 96402)
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| harmless |
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Type locality, east of Calagua Islands, YPM 10130 (holotype of Hoplostethus robustispinus, 34.05 cm SL, male) (Ref. 84133). |
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