| Family: |
Oneirodidae (Dreamers) |
| Max. size: |
12.6 cm SL (female) |
| Environment: |
bathypelagic; marine; depth range - 1955 m |
| Distribution: |
Atlantic Ocean: three records known from the eastern central Atlantic; one record from the western Atlantic. |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal soft rays (total): 6-7; Anal soft rays: 4-6. Distinguishing characteristics: esca with 2 bulbous, narrowly based, distal appendages, anterior-most appendage approximately two-thirds to one-half length of posterior most, each covered with small digitiform papillae and clusters of tiny filaments around base; absence of bulbous distal prolongation; large, anteroposteriorly compressed, posterior escal appendage, divided along its distal margin into 3 or more lobes or several to many slender filaments; absence of posterolateral filaments; total number of teeth in upper jaw 21-42, lower jaw with 25-45 teeth; vomerine teeth 4-8; length of illicium 7.8-13.3% SL; head length 25.7-31.8; head width 14.5-19.7; head depth 26.2-32.7; length of premaxilla 17.6-21.6; length of lower jaw 21.8-31.0 (Ref. 86949). |
| Biology: |
Bathypelagic; feeds on fishes and crustaceans (Ref. 58426). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 08 July 2014 Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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