Barathrodemus manatinus Goode & Bean 1883

Head relatively large, about 2 times in preanal distance; jaws inferior; snout inflated; maxillary strongly sheathed; branchiostegal rays 8; developed rakers on first arch 12-15; opercular spine short and sharp; pectoral fin reaches to anus or beyond; caudal fin rays 8; precaudal vertebrae 12-14 (Ref. 34024).

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 106 - 107; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 85 - 87

Locally abundant (Ref. 34024). Oviparous, with oval pelagic eggs floating in a gelatinous mass (Ref. 205).

fisheries: of no interest

Caribbean to the Hudson Canyon

nektonic