Big Eyed Lantern Fish

Adipose fin moderate (Ref. 6885). Metallic blue dorsally, bright silvery ventrally (Ref. 6885). Branchiostegal rays: 8-9 (Ref. 31442).

Oviparous (Ref. 31442).

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11 - 13; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 21 - 25; Vertebrae: 37 - 39

Epipelagic to mesopelagic (Ref. 31442). Oviparous, with planktonic eggs and larvae (Ref. 31442).