Diagnostic Description
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Purplish color. Massive head with blunt snout. Preopercular and oral lateral line canals sharing a common branch. Males with bifurcated claspers, divided for the distal 1/3 of length, purple at the base with white fleshy tips. Skin firm and not deciduous.
- Recorder
- Estelita Emily Capuli
Trophic Strategy
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Occurs on the continental slope (Ref. 75154).
- Recorder
- Auda Kareen Ortañez
Biology
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Males and females reach sexual maturity at 60-70 cm BDL (usually 100 cm TL) (Ref. 45044). Oviparous (Ref. 205). Eggs are encased in horny shells (Ref. 205).
- Recorder
- Estelita Emily Capuli
