Diagnostic Description
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Coronal pore present. Opercular flap large, triangular and prominent, anus on vertical through gill opening. Gill opening reaching ventrally in front of 2-3 pectoral rays. Gill rakers unmodified. Pectoral fin rays of lower lobe equal in thickness to rays of upper pectoral fin lobe. Skin with yellowish-brown patterns; head beneath skin blackish-brown; gill arches and gill cavity brownish-black (Ref. 43481).
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- Estelita Emily Capuli
Morphology
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Dorsal soft rays (total): 38; Analsoft rays: 31 - 33; Vertebrae: 43
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- Estelita Emily Capuli
Psednos melanocephalus: Brief Summary
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Psednos melanocephalus is a species of snailfish found in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean.
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Distribution
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Northwest Atlantic: south of Greenland (known only from the types at 58°15'N, 48°45'W); probably also in Canadian Atlantic
North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)
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Habitat
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bentho-mesopelagic? 0-3172 m
North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)
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