Blackchin Dwarf Snailfish

Skin uniformly gray, head beneath skin black. Coronal pore present. Skin pale, peritoneum blackish-brown, mouth and gill cavity pale. Coronal pore present. Mouth oblique at angle approximately 45° to horizontal. Gill rakers unmodified. Temporal and coronal pores very large, distinctly larger than other pores. Pectoral fin low, insertion strongly oblique, base almost horizontal, fin ray direction more ventral than posterior (Ref. 43481).

Dorsal soft rays (total): 36; Vertebrae: 42