Diagnostic Description
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Body pale with dark dorsal band (Ref. 4056).
- Recorder
- Cristina V. Garilao
Morphology
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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 40 - 44; Vertebrae: 91 - 98
- Recorder
- Cristina V. Garilao
Biology
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Oceanic species (Ref. 26340). Epi- to bathypelagic, perhaps benthopelagic (Ref. 58302). Young found between 10-200 m while juvenile and adult specimens between 400-800 m (Ref. 4473). Minimum depth reported taken from Ref. 4473.
Importance
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fisheries: of no interest