Diagnostic Description
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Eyes relatively small, less than snout length in diameter. Chin barbel absent. Pectoral and pelvic fins reaching beyond level of anal fin origin.
Morphology
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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Analspines: 0
Trophic Strategy
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Found in the continental slope (Ref. 1371). Many specimens taken from a whale stomach (Ref. 1371).
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- Grace Tolentino Pablico
Biology
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Found in the continental slope (Ref. 1371). Many specimens taken from a whale stomach (Ref. 1371). Gut content of a 3.86 cm SL specimen contained a large number of grasping spines of arrow worms (Chaetognatha spp.), while a 4.01 cm SL specimen contained 6 individuals of the copepod Metridia pacifica (Ref. 87085).
Importance
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fisheries: commercial
Habitat
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Known from seamounts and knolls
Stocks, K. 2009. Seamounts Online: an online information system for seamount biology. Version 2009-1. World Wide Web electronic publication.
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