Diagnostic Description
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Caudal sharply rounded but not readily distinguishable from dorsal and anal fins. Pelvic fins minute.
- Recorder
- Cristina V. Garilao
Morphology
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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 90 - 107; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 70 - 90
- Recorder
- Cristina V. Garilao
Biology
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Found on silty or sandy bottoms (Ref. 27436). Moves into shallow water at night to feed on marine worms, crustaceans, small bivalves, and brittle stars (Ref. 6885, 27436). Few live over 5 years (Ref. 6885). If used live as bait, it attracts large rockfishes, greenlings or codfishes (Ref. 27436). Flesh considered good but not esteemed (Ref. 27436).
Importance
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fisheries: subsistence fisheries
