BIGEYED LONGFIN HERRING
Opisthopterus macrops
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Morphology: Dorsal spines (total): 0 - 0; Anal spines: 0 - 0; Anal soft rays: 60 - 60. Belly with about 28 scutes. Lower jaw projecting, mouth pointing obliquely upward; no hypo-maxilla. Pectoral fin a little longer than head; dorsal fin origin about equidistant between caudal fin base and vertical from pectoral fin base (or 1 and 1/4 eye diameters behind midpoint of body); anal fin long, its origin nearer to snout tip than to caudal fin base.
Max size: 17 cm SL (male/unsexed; Ref. 188)
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