| Ophidiidae (Cusk-eels), subfamily: Neobythitinae |
| 32 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
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bathydemersal; marine; depth range 410 - 1410 m |
| Indo-West Pacific: off East Africa to the Philippines and New Caledonia. Report from the Peru-Chile Trench is based on a misidentified specimen (Ref. 34024). |
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Dorsal soft rays (total): 102-102; Anal soft rays: 81-81; Vertebrae: 61-61. Snout rather blunt; eye diameter almost as long as snout; opercular spine strong and straight; hind margin of preopercle usually with 3 sharp spines; 2 median and a pair of basibranchial tooth patches; pseudobranchial filaments 2 or 3; 7-15 developed rakers on anterior arch; lower 5-11 pectoral fin rays free and longer than upper ones; precaudal vertebrae 13-16 (Ref. 34024). |
| Uncommon species (Ref. 34024). Oviparous, with oval pelagic eggs floating in a gelatinous mass (Ref. 205). |
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Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 16 August 2019 Ref. (130435)
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| harmless |
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