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Spinaker Grenadier

Ventrifossa nigrodorsalis Gilbert & Hubbs 1920

Diagnostic Description

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Scales medium-sized, with slender, sharp, conical slanting spinules arranged in widely divergent V rows or in quincunx pattern. Snout with black margin along its leading edge, extending posteriorly to suborbital shelf but not over supranarial and median nasal ridges.
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Rodolfo B. Reyes
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Morphology

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Dorsal spines (total): 2; Analspines: 0
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Biology

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A benthic species found on the continental slope (Ref. 75154).
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Importance

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

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分布於印度-西太平洋區,包括日本南部、印尼、菲律賓、臺灣及澳洲海域。臺灣分布於南部及東北部海域。
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利用

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一般以底拖網捕獲,不具食用價值,通常做為下雜魚用。
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描述

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體型延長,側扁。頭部中大型。口大,下位,頦部有一長鬚;上頜多列排成寬齒帶,下頜則為窄齒帶,內側齒不特別大於外側齒。鰓被架 7;鰓耙數1-3+12-13。體被中小型鱗,鱗棘長而尖,多列且密集排於鱗片上;第一背鰭基底後方具無棘鱗區;第一背鰭中部至側線之鱗列數5-5.5。肛門離臀鰭稍遠,發光器短小,位於兩腹鰭基底之間,約略分為兩部份,前端為黑色小圓斑,後端為半圓形,緊位於肛門前。第一背鰭具硬棘II,第II硬棘前緣呈鋸齒狀。體為銀灰色,鼻吻部邊緣有黑邊延伸至眼眶上緣;第一背鰭中段有一大黑斑。
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棲地

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主要棲息於水深270-700公尺砂泥底水域。屬深海底棲性魚。肉食性魚類,以小型蝦、蟹為主食。
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Habitat

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Known from seamounts and knolls

Reference

Stocks, K. 2009. Seamounts Online: an online information system for seamount biology. Version 2009-1. World Wide Web electronic publication.

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