New Guinean Hairtail

Lateral line descending steeply from head and reaching close to ventral body margin; maxilla extending almost to a vertical through posterior margin of eye; subopercle large, elongated, anteriorly serrated, and fimbriated along posterior margin; first anal spine enlarged, dagger-shaped; and caudal peduncle vertebrae short and bearing neural spines (except ultimate centrum), the last four penultimate centra each bearing one long and two short neural spines on the middle of the dorsal zygapophyses (Ref. 50501). Lacks a caudal fin, the body tapering to a hairlike tail (Ref. 50501).

Dorsal spines (total): 3; Dorsal soft rays (total): 135 - 137; Analspines: 1; Analsoft rays: 97 - 101; Vertebrae: 156 - 170

Environment needs verification.

The New Guinea hairtail (Demissolinea novaeguineensis) is a species of cutlassfish which is classified in the monotypic genus Demissolinea. It is known only from the type location Dolak Island off southwestern New Guinea.