Larson'S Cusk

Head without scales; anal fin origin at about mid-body; eye diameter 17.8-18.0 times in HL, snout compressed; posterior end of maxillary rounded, not sheathed by dermal cheek fold, without ventrally-directed process near postero-ventral corner; opercular spine flat and weak; no pore-bearing skin flap on upper angle of opercle; lower angle of preopercle smooth; pectoral peduncle normal, broader than long; no spine on cleithrum; all teeth sharp-pointed, some needle-like; developed gill rakers on anterior arch 3.

Viviparous (Ref. 34024).

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 73 - 79; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 53 - 57; Vertebrae: 42 - 43

Collected from pools on rocky reefs.