Diagnostic Description
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Caudal-fin rays 8; pectoral girdle with 3 round radials; head and body low, mouth oblique; teeth tiny; chin pores interspaced by their diameter, not in a pit; gill opening short, lower end slightly below level of eye; pectoral fin deeply notched, upper pectoral lobe short, about 60% HL, rudimentary rays absent; color nut brown; skin thin; peritoneum, black (Ref. 42734).
Morphology
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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 58; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 54; Vertebrae: 65
Biology
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Found on the continental slope. Benthic (Ref. 75154).
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- Cristina V. Garilao