| Oneirodidae (Dreamers) |
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bathypelagic; depth range 960 - 1132 m |
| Indo-West Pacific: New Zealand and Tasmania. |
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Dorsal soft rays (total): 5-5; Anal soft rays: 4-4. Characterized by having escal morphology: large internally pigmented anterior appendage, its width nearly equal to that of illicium, length including terminal filaments greater than 22% SL; unpaired, highly filamentous medial escal appendage arising from base of terminal escal papilla; short, cylindrical posterior escal appendage; subopercle without indentation on posterodorsal margin; length of ventral fork of opercle 27.6-31.4% SL; ratio of lengths of the dorsal and ventral forks of opercle 0.45-0.47; absence of epibranchial teeth; well toothed pharyngobranchial II; upper jaw teeth 27-34, lower jaw teeth 34-42; teeth on vomer 6; dorsal fin rays 5; anal fin rays 4; pectoral fin rays 16-17; head length 41.4-48.6% SL; head depth 44.0-51.4% SL; head width 31.0-42.9%SL; premaxilla length 34.4-36.6% SL; length of lower jaw 45.6-48.6% SL; length of illicium 16.4-27.1% SL (Ref. 86949). |
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Not Evaluated
(Ref. 96402)
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| harmless |
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