Blackedge Cusk Eel

Rostral spine long and curved, reaching tip of snout, without vertical basal component; peritoneum pale; no median basibranchial tooth patch; head extensively covered with imbricate rows of cycloid scales except for snout and throat; body tapering to point, dagger-shaped (Ref. 34024). Body dark gray or brownish gray without blotches; dorsal and anal fins dark, becoming gradually darker at the extreme blackish edge; pelvic fin blackish in anterior half and pale in posterior half; gill arch blackish or brownish; head covered with scales except for snout, lips, and branchiostegal membrane (Ref. 13608).

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 120 - 134; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 99 - 110; Vertebrae: 69 - 74

Common species (Ref. 34024). Found on soft bottom (Ref. 7251). Oviparous, with oval pelagic eggs floating in a gelatinous mass (Ref. 205).

fisheries: minor commercial; price category: medium; price reliability: very questionable: based on ex-vessel price for species in this family

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Lepophidium brevibarbe Lepophidium generoko animalia da. Arrainen barruko Ophidiidae familian sailkatzen da.