Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 443 - 528 m (Ref. 40826). Deep-water
Eastern Pacific: off Gulf of Panama and Peru.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 8.4 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 40826)
Dorsal soft rays (total): 5 - 6; Anal soft rays: 4; Vertebrae: 19 - 20. A very small species with entire body with simple, very small, and thickly distributed tubercles. Cephalic lateral-line counts: subopercular usually 6, (5-7); preopercular, 2. Tail lateral-line counts 9-14. Subopercular spines small, inconspicuous. Paired fins moderate length, relatively stout (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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