Oneirodes melanocauda Bertelsen, 1951
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 Family:  Oneirodidae (Dreamers)
 Max. size:  1.55 cm SL (female)
 Environment:  bathypelagic; depth range - 2000 m
 Distribution:  Western Pacific: South China Sea (Ref. 40966) and Caribbean Sea (Ref. 86949).
 Diagnosis:  Dorsal soft rays (total): 6-6; Anal soft rays: 4-4. Characterized by having head and body covered with pigment nearly to base of caudal fin; darkest pigment of head on jaw and gill cover; tips of the longest caudal rays pigmented, few melanophores on caudal fin near base; illicium short and undeveloped; esca short, posteriorly directed appendage; relatively larger subopercle, ventral fork of opercle relatively shorter (Ref. 86949).
 Biology: 
 IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated  (Ref. 96402)
 Threat to humans:  harmless
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 Entered by: Garilao, Cristina V. - 23.03.02
 Modified by: Valdestamon, Roxanne Rei - 20.06.13

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