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Thinbarbel Whiptail

Ventrifossa paxtoni Iwamoto & Williams 1999

Diagnostic Description

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pelvic fin rays 9-10, fins all black; median nasal streak faint or absent; chin barbel slender, moderately long, 24-35% of head length; outer premaxillary teeth small, scarcely enlarged; darker dorsum not strongly demarcated from paler lateral and ventral parts of trunk and tail; suborbital shelf broad, without anterior constriction, almost entirely black.
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Morphology

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Dorsal spines (total): 2
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Biology

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