| Ophidiidae (Cusk-eels), subfamily: Neobythitinae |
| 18.4 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
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bathydemersal; marine; depth range 1340 - 1640 m |
| Eastern Indian Ocean. High Seas only. |
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Snout rather blunt; eye diameter almost as long as snout; opercular spine strong and straight; hind margin of preopercle usually with 3 sharp spines; 1 median (broad) 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). Caudal fin and posterior part of dorsal and anal fins black (Ref. 34024). |
| Rare species (Ref. 34024). Reproductive strategy possibly similar to other members of this family featuring oviparity, with oval pelagic eggs floating in a gelatinous mass (Ref. 205). |
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Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 15 August 2019 Ref. (130435)
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| harmless |
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