Diagnostic Description
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Body is extremely elongate. Mouth is large and with fang-like teeth. Eyes large. Pyloric caeca 6. Color of body and fins brownish black.
Morphology
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Dorsal spines (total): 35 - 38; Dorsal soft rays (total): 26 - 30; Analspines: 2; Analsoft rays: 24 - 29; Vertebrae: 60 - 64
Trophic Strategy
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Occurs in the upper continental slope (Ref. 6181). Juveniles probably pelagic (probably mesopelagic) (Ref. 6181).
- Recorder
- Grace Tolentino Pablico
Biology
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Occurs in the upper continental slope (Ref. 6181). Juveniles probably pelagic (probably mesopelagic) (Ref. 6181). Specimens 35 to 40 cm SL had ripe gonads (Ref. 6181).
- Recorder
- Astrid Jarre-Teichmann
