Type Description
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- cc-by-nc
- copyright
- Kenaley, Christopher
- author
- Kenaley, Christopher
Diagnostic Description
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Barbel length less than 20% of standard length; barbel with 5 branches apparently arising together from stem; lateralmost pair of branches, which actually arise from base of mediolateral pair, usually shortest; mediolateral pair usually longest; diameter of stem distal to branches greater than that proximal to branches; stem solidly pigmented, pigment extending onto dorsal surface of terminal bulb; terminal bulb elongate and with an unpigmented tip usually directed dorsally; swollen ventrally, its length 2.0 - 2.5 times its thickness; a single terminal filament arising ventral to bulb tip, usually about as long as distal barbel, but occasionally minute.
Morphology
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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Analspines: 0
Biology
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Mesopelagic species (Ref. 7300, 75154).
Importance
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fisheries: of potential interest
