Oneirodidae (Dreamers) |
3 cm SL (female) |
bathypelagic; marine; depth range 1000 - 1400 m |
Indo-West Pacific: Halmahera Sea. |
Dorsal soft rays (total): 6-6; Anal soft rays: 4-4. Escal morphology: anterior appendage with a few distal branches; medial appendage represented by a tuft of short filaments; posterior appendage nonfilamentous. Characterized further by having unusually long and narrow subopercle, upper end tapering to a point without indentation on posterodorsal margin; length of ventral fork of opercle 27.3% SL; ratio of lengths of dorsal and ventral forks of opercle 0.56; absence of epibranchial teeth; presence of teeth on pharyngobranchial II; upper jaw teeth 30, lower jaw teeth 39; teeth on vomer 6; dorsal fin rays 6; anal fin rays 4; pectoral fin rays 17; head length 46.7% SL; head depth 46.7% SL; premaxilla length 35.0% SL; length of lower jaw 50.0% SL; length of illicium 26.7% SL (Ref. 86949). |
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Data deficient (DD); Date assessed: 11 October 2018 Ref. (130435)
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harmless |
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