Ophidion imitator Lea 1997

Dark brown to black blotching and spotting on head, dorsal, and lateral portion of the body. Scales with anguilliform arrangement on body; ethmoid spine blunt. Pelvic filaments long. Gill rakers numerous. Prejuvenile stage present.

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 135 - 163; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 112 - 139; Vertebrae: 70 - 76

Uncommon species (Ref. 34024). Reproductive strategy possibly similar to other members of this family featuring oviparity, with oval pelagic eggs floating in a gelatinous mass (Ref. 205).

fisheries: of no interest