Diagnostic Description
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Snout prominent, pointed; chin with very short barbel. Scales highly deciduous; ventral and leading surfaces of the snout naked; suborbital region dorsally mostly naked; suborbital ridge scales small if present; head ridges without enlarged scute-like scales. Overall color is gray brown to dark brown; oral cavity pale to grayish.
Morphology
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Dorsal spines (total): 2; Analspines: 0
Trophic Strategy
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A deep-slope species of the tropical eastern Pacific (Ref. 9315). Polychaetes and benthic crustaceans are encountered in its stomach contents (Ref. 9315).
- Recorder
- Grace Tolentino Pablico
Biology
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A deep-slope species of the tropical eastern Pacific (Ref. 9315). Polychaetes and benthic crustaceans are encountered in its stomach contents (Ref. 9315). Fairly common but of no commercial value (Ref. 9315).
Importance
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fisheries: subsistence fisheries
