Diagnostic Description
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الإنجليزية
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المقدمة من Fishbase
No opercular spines. 8 spines on first dorsal fin (Ref. 31632). Snout blunt, eye large. Mouth large, lower jaw equaling or slightly protruding beyond upper jaw. Pyloric caeca 21-34. Brown-violet or black, iridescent in life.
Morphology
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الإنجليزية
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المقدمة من Fishbase
Dorsal spines (total): 7 - 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9 - 11; Analspines: 2; Analsoft rays: 9
Trophic Strategy
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الإنجليزية
)
المقدمة من Fishbase
Adults benthic or benthopelagic on the continental slopes; juveniles pelagic (Ref. 7321). Found on soft bottoms (Ref. 27121). Non-territorial. Carnivorous, feeds on small fishes and planktonic invertebrates (Ref.4738); also pelagic crustaceans (Ref. 58748).
Biology
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الإنجليزية
)
المقدمة من Fishbase
Adults benthic or benthopelagic on the continental slopes; juveniles pelagic (Ref. 7321). Found on soft bottoms (Ref. 27121). Non-territorial. Carnivorous, feed on small fishes and planktonic invertebrates.
Importance
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الإنجليزية
)
المقدمة من Fishbase
fisheries: commercial
