Zenkevitch's Cusk Eel

Snout inflated; eyes much smaller than snout; opercular spine weak or absent; preopercle without spines and posteriorly expanded almost reaching posterior margin of opercle; pseudobranchial filaments 2 (Ref. 34024).

Rare, deep pelagic species (Ref. 34024). Benthopelagic (Ref. 58302). Oviparous, with oval pelagic eggs floating in a gelatinous mass (Ref. 205). Of the 5 female specimens caught, 2 with 0.5 mm eggs. No identifiable stomach contents were found. Specimen collection used non-closing, pelagic fishing gear (bottom trawls) (Ref. 84269). Minimum depth from Ref. 58018.

fisheries: of no interest