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Chaenophryne melanorhabdus Regan & Trewavas, 1932 |
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photo by
Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada |
| Family: | Oneirodidae (Dreamers) | |||
| Max. size: | 10.2 cm SL (male/unsexed) | |||
| Environment: | bathypelagic; marine; depth range - 1250 m | |||
| Distribution: | Western Central Pacific: Papua New Guinea. Eastern Central Pacific: Gulf of Panama. | |||
| Diagnosis: | Dorsal soft rays (total): 6-8; Anal soft rays: 5-6. Distinguishing characteristics of metamorphosed female: esca with single elongate internally pigmented anterior appendage, less than one-fourth to nearly one-third length of escal bulb; absence of medial escal appendages; posterior escal appendages with swollen basal portion and compressed distal crest, posterior filament or filaments and pair of anterior lobes each with numerous filaments; filamentous anterolateral escal appendage on each side; absence of basal series of filaments; total number of teeth in upper jaw 21-45, lower jaw with 26-42 teeth; ratio between number of teeth in upper jaw to lower jaw teeth 0.78-1.30; vomerine teeth 4-7; length of illicium 20.1-41.3% SL; escal bulb width 2.1-6.3% SL (Ref. 86949). | |||
| Biology: | ||||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 11 October 2018 Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||