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Formosa Grenadier

Coelorinchus formosanus Okamura 1963

Diagnostic Description

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Snout moderately long and sharply pointed. Head ridges well developed but not especially coarse. Light organ long, extending as a black streak from the anus to just behind the isthmus. Grayish dorsally, silvery ventrally, with irregular blotches on trunk and tail.
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Rodolfo B. Reyes
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Morphology

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Analspines: 0
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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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