| Family: |
Notosudidae (Waryfishes) |
| Max. size: |
31 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
bathypelagic; marine; depth range 102 - 1440 m |
| Distribution: |
North Pacific: off Taiwan, waters of Kamchatka, Japan, and Kuril Islands, Sea of Okhotsk, Bering Sea, off British Columbia, California and Alaska Bay. |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal spines (total): 0-0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10-11; Anal spines: 0-0; Anal soft rays: 17-20; Vertebrae: 58-61. Pyloric caeca, 16-26. |
| Biology: |
Individuals of 20-22 cm SL, feeds on various types of plankton, almost exclusively deep-sea copepods of Pareuchaeta. Larger specimens also feed on squid, shrimp, and fish (Ref. 35945). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 12 October 2018 Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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