| Alepocephalidae (Slickheads) |
| 28 cm SL (male/unsexed); 20.4 cm SL (female) |
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bathydemersal; marine; depth range 1717 - 2020 m |
| Indo-West Pacific: Gulf of Oman, Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal, and Coral Sea. |
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Dorsal soft rays (total): 21-21; Anal soft rays: 33-41; Vertebrae: 52-52. Head naked, covered with soft, tough skin. Cephalic lateralis system with 5 pores each in the supraorbital, preopercular, and mandibular series and 4 in posttemporal series. No trace of supratemporal commissure. Two pores joined by a short, dark canal on lachrymal on each side of snout above the maxillae. Snout elongate with upper jaw shorter than the lower jaw. Head narrow. Body with small, barely or non-imbricate scale pockets. Branchiostegal rays 5 (?). Pyloric caeca 4 (Ref. 40779). |
| Found on the continental slope (Ref. 75154). |
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Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
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| harmless |
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