Diagnostic Description
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No chin barbel; very small round light organ on abdomen in front of the center of the distance between the end of the base of the pelvic fins and the anus; pyloric caeca 9-12; body cavity extending to level of 13-14th ray of the anal fin. Caudal fin rounded.
- Recorder
- Cristina V. Garilao
Morphology
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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 74 - 78; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 71 - 75; Vertebrae: 56 - 57
- Recorder
- Cristina V. Garilao
Habitat
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Known from seamounts and knolls
Stocks, K. 2009. Seamounts Online: an online information system for seamount biology. Version 2009-1. World Wide Web electronic publication.
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