Sooty Dragonfish

This species of the subgenus Trachinostomias is distinguished by the following characters: vertebrae 60-63 (as an exception, can be reduced to 58); photophores of series IV, 41-45; jaws with uniformly sized teeth; pectoral fin, usually 1 ray P (as an exception, 0 or 2); body with spots of white luminous tissue; mental barbel with a small bulb or even without it, but always with the developed appendages (Ref. 125184).

Dorsal soft rays (total): 16 - 18; Analsoft rays: 19 - 25; Vertebrae: 60 - 63

Mesopelagic species (Ref. 559).

Western Atlantic: from 40°N to 7°N west of 35°W including the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea

mesopelagic species

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