| Family: |
Linophrynidae (Leftvents) |
| Max. size: |
5.1 cm (female) |
| Environment: |
bathypelagic; marine; depth range 650 - 1900 m |
| Distribution: |
Eastern Atlantic: south of Madeira. Eastern Pacific: Gulf of Panama and Coco Is., Costa Rica. |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal soft rays (total): 3-3; Anal soft rays: 3-3. Metamorphosed females distinguished by the following characteristics: escal bulb with compressed, flange-shaped anterior appendage; stout, cylindrical distal escal appendage with terminal filament; base of distal escal appendage with pair of structures on posterior margin, each consisting of a hemispherical protuberance with digitiform anterior prolongation; posterior escal appendage compressed; barbel 118-357% SL, with several short, unpigmented distal branches bearing sessile and stalked photophores; stem of barbel pigmented with or without short simple lateral branches, each with distal photophore (Ref. 86949). |
| Biology: |
Also mesopelagic (Ref. 10762). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 11 October 2018 Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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