Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 605 - 1400 m (Ref. 40826). Deep-water
Eastern Pacific: Gulf of Panama, Gulf of Guayaquil, and from off Peru.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 11.2 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 40826)
Dorsal soft rays (total): 5 - 7; Anal soft rays: 4; Vertebrae: 18 - 20. Cephalic lateral-line counts: subopercular usually 6 (5-6); preopercular 2. Tail lateral-line counts 10-15. Fins small, slender (Ref. 40826).
Body shape (shape guide): short and / or deep; Cross section: flattened.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Bradbury, M.G., 1999. A review of the fish genus Dibranchus with descriptions of new species and a new genus, Solocisquama (Lophiiformes, Ogcocephalidae). Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 51(5):259-310. (Ref. 40826)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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