Dicrolene nigra Garman, 1899

Family:  Ophidiidae (Cusk-eels), subfamily: Neobythitinae
Max. size:  48.1 cm TL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  bathydemersal; marine; depth range 600 - 1867 m
Distribution:  Southeast Pacific: Chile.
Diagnosis:  Dorsal soft rays (total): 94-117; Anal soft rays: 88-102. Snout rather blunt; eye diameter almost as long as snout; opercular spine strong and straight; hind margin of preopercle usually with 3 sharp spines; 1 median (long and narrow) and a pair of basibranchial tooth patches; pseudobranchial filaments 2 or 3 (Ref. 34024); 6-9 developed rakers on anterior arch (Ref. 38374); lower 5-6 pectoral fin rays free and longer than upper ones (Ref. 38374); precaudal vertebrae 13-16 (Ref. 34024).
Biology:  Uncommon species (Ref. 34024). Oviparous, with oval pelagic eggs floating in a gelatinous mass (Ref. 205).
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 04 February 2009 Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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