Diagnostic Description
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Pored scales in lateral line fewer than 60. Frontal bone flat above the eye, not forming a ridge. Snout not spatulate, but pointed anteriorly, shorter than 1.5 times orbit diameter. Palatine teeth minute.
Morphology
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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 17 - 19; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 18 - 21
Trophic Strategy
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Found on the continental slope (Ref. 75154).
- Recorder
- Auda Kareen Ortañez
分布
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目前僅只分布於沖繩海槽,臺灣於南中國海捕獲類似該種標本。
利用
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深海魚類,不具經濟價值。
描述
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體延長而側扁。頭大。眼大。吻長且吻端較尖,吻部較渾圓不呈鏟狀;上頜邊緣由前上頜骨構成,上頜後緣未達眼眶後緣,上頜骨無齒。鰓條骨6。體被圓鱗,易脫落,側線非常明顯而發達,並且呈現黑色。具發光器。背鰭和臀鰭位於身體的後部,靠近尾柄的部位,幾相對,基底長度相當,無硬棘,背鰭軟條17-18,臀鰭軟條18-20;腹鰭小,位於體中部稍前;尾鰭深叉。體色為深褐色,頭部顏色略深。
棲地
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為棲息於水深900-1140公尺深的深海魚類,生態習性所知甚少。