| Family: |
Gaidropsaridae (Rocklings) |
| Max. size: |
11.14 cm TL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
demersal; marine; depth range 751 - 788 m |
| Distribution: |
Northeast Atlantic: Galicia Bank and Porcupine Bank. |
| Diagnosis: |
Anal soft rays: 44-52; Vertebrae: 43-44. This species is distinguished by the following characters: with three dorsal fins barely separated from each other, the first with a single thickened unsegmented ray, the second with small, unsegmented rays in a fleshy ridge that rises within a groove and the third with segmented rays in an elongate fin; with five prominent individual barbels, four on the snout and one at the tip of the lower jaw; differs from all its congeners by the following, third dorsal-fin rays 54-60, anal-fin rays 44-52, pectoral fin rays 21-23, total vertebrae 43-44; anal fin base short, its length 39.6-48% SL; first dorsal fin ray is moderately elongated, its length 15.8-27% HL, and with a wider interorbital space, 21.7-28% HL (Ref. 131626). |
| Biology: |
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| IUCN Red List Status: |
Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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