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Neobythitoides serratus Nielsen & Machida, 2006 |
| Family: | Ophidiidae (Cusk-eels), subfamily: Neobythitinae | |||
| Max. size: | 12 cm SL (female) | |||
| Environment: | bathydemersal; marine; depth range - 950 m | |||
| Distribution: | Northwest Pacific: East China Sea off the Ryukyu Islands. | |||
| Diagnosis: | Dorsal soft rays (total): 97-99; Anal soft rays: 81-83; Vertebrae: 57-59. Distinguished by having the following combination of characters: presence of 10-15 soft serrations and absence of spines on the posterior margin of preopercle; snout almost twice as long as horizontal diameter of pigmented eye; horizontal eye window 2.5-2.7% SL; two median and in the holotype also a pair of small basibranchial tooth patches; 10-11 developed rakers on anterior gill arch; sagittal otolith with undivided sulcus; and sulcus-length in percentage of sagitta-length 50-55 (Ref. 78399). | |||
| Biology: | ||||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Data deficient (DD); Date assessed: 16 August 2019 Ref. (130435) | |||
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