Eretmichthys pinnatus Garman 1899

Snout inflated; eyes much smaller than snout; opercular spine absent; preopercle without spines and posteriorly expanded almost reaching posterior margin of opercle; lower pectoral radial with ventral process, lower pectoral fin rays extended well beyond anus in ripe males but not in unripe males and females; median basibranchial tooth patch 1; pseudobranchial filaments 2; (Ref. 34024).

Dorsal soft rays (total): 124; Analsoft rays: 104; Vertebrae: 68

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

fisheries: of no interest

Eretmichthys pinnatus is a species of cusk-eel found in the ocean depths from 1,355 to 2,820 metres (4,446 to 9,252 ft) in the Indo-Pacific from Sulawesi and Japan to western coast of Colombia. This species grows to a length of 41 centimetres (16 in) SL. It is the only known member of its genus.

E. pinnatus is also found on the coast of Brazil.