| Ophidiidae (Cusk-eels), subfamily: Neobythitinae |
| 22.1 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
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bathydemersal; marine; depth range - 3200 m |
| Eastern Central Atlantic: known only from a single specimen caught off Cape Verde. |
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Snout inflated; eyes much smaller than snout; opercular spine weak or absent; preopercle without spines and posteriorly expanded almost reaching posterior margin of opercle; pseudobranchial filaments 2 (Ref. 34024). |
| Rare species (Ref. 34024). Oviparous, with oval pelagic eggs floating in a gelatinous mass (Ref. 205). |
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Data deficient (DD); Date assessed: 08 July 2014 Ref. (130435)
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| harmless |
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