| Emmelichthyidae (Rovers) |
| 15.4 cm TL (male/unsexed) |
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benthopelagic; marine |
| Western Pacific: the Philippines. |
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Dorsal spines (total): 10-10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11-11; Anal soft rays: 10-10. This species is distinguished from its congeners in the Pacific Ocean by the following characters: with two fleshy papillae on the cleithrum (absent in elongatus, karnellai, struhsakeri); fewer number of gill rakers 30-33 (vs. 34+ in other species); differs further from cyanescens, nitidus, which have bony cleithral papillae; fewer pectoral-fin rays 18-19 (vs. 22 in cyanescens, 20-23 in nitidus) and fewer lateral-line scales 69-74 (vs. 100-105 in cyanescens, 87-93 in nitidus); differs from Erythrocles schlegelii, which also has fleshy cleithral papillae, by II isolated dorsal-fin spines between the spinous and soft dorsal fin (Ref. 130869). |
| Species of Emmelichthys are reportedly caught by bagnet, Danish seine, fish corrals, hook and line, otoshi ami, purse seine, ringnet, stationary liftnet, and trawl, but are not typically identified to species (in Ref. 130869). |
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Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
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| harmless |
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