Diagnostic Description
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Body ribbon-like, gradually tapering to a pointed tail. Large, oblique mouth. Teeth widely spaced on both jaws. First two rays of dorsal fin unsegmented. Caudal fin with median rays longer and free at their tip. Dorsal and anal fins more or less joined to the caudal fin.
Life Cycle
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Eggs are pelagic.
Morphology
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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 67 - 70; Analsoft rays: 60
Trophic Strategy
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Lives in vertical burrows singly or in groups, may swim for part of the time in midwater (Ref. 231). May occur at depths of 10 to 450 m, but mainly from 70 to 200 m (Ref. 6103). In the western Aegean Sea, the main depth range was from 100 - 120 m (Ref. 6127).
Biology
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Found on sand and mud bottom (Ref. 26999). Lives in vertical burrows but may be found swimming in midwater. Occurs singly or in groups. Feeds mainly on small crustaceans and chaetognaths (Ref. 5984).
Importance
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fisheries: minor commercial; price category: unknown; price reliability:
