| Melamphaidae (Bigscale fishes or ridgeheads) |
| 3.1 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
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bathypelagic; marine; depth range - 200 m |
| Western Pacific: at the boundary between the Tasman Sea and Fiji Sea. |
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Dorsal spines (total): 3-3; Dorsal soft rays (total): 15-15; Anal spines: 1-1; Anal soft rays: 8-8; Vertebrae: 28-29. This species is distinguished by the following characters: first gill arch with 18 rakers; eye diameter greater than width of suborbital bone; caudal peduncle depth more than twice its length; vertebrae 28-29, of them trunk 13; haemal arch of first caudal vertebra without spurs; D III,15; A I,8; ventral-fin soft rays 7; ventral fin is usually beyond vertical of posterior margin of pectoral fin insertion; anal fin begins beyond the vertical of last ray of dorsal fin (Ref. 117111). |
| Gonadal maturity stage II-III for of 3.1 cm SL male (Ref. 117111). |
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Data deficient (DD); Date assessed: 30 December 2019 Ref. (130435)
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| harmless |
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