Deep Water Pike Smelt

Body moderately long, not especially slender; luminescent duct in abdominal cavity unbranched, extending forward to below opercle or before anterior margin of eye; nostrils well before a vertical through posterior end of maxilla; no light organ at anterior margin of orbit; anal-fin rays 26-34; incomplete lateral line, extending only to above the anterior third of anal-fin base; total lateral-line scales are 84-87, with 64-68 large scales, followed by 15-21 smalles scales; branchiostegal membranes and rays entirely black (Ref. 123138).

Meso- or perhaps benthopelagic (Ref. 58302).

Lestidium nudum , the deep water pike smelt, is a species of fish. It is found in the Pacific Ocean. This species reaches a length of 1.9 cm (0.75 in).