Goldeneye snailfish
📖 Overview
Smallest female with yolked eggs measured 9.1 cm SL; smallest male with enlarged, swollen testes 7.67 cm SL. Eggs were collected from the octocoral Primnoa sp. from Seguam Pass, with eggs of another liparid .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Diagnosis: Teeth are strongly trilobed; nasal papilla absent; papillae associated with few pores, invariably present only on maxillary pore 6 and suprabranchial pores 1-2 ; peritoneum dark; orobuccal valve with 1 finger-like projection; orobuccal cavity pale; gill rakers 8-12, short and blunt; interorbital papilla present; pyloric caeca on left side, short; body color light red; iris golden .
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Goldeneye snailfish is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
Diet information for Goldeneye snailfish is currently being compiled.
🥚 Reproduction
Reproduction data for Goldeneye snailfish is currently being compiled.
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 210 - 465 m . Deep-water North Pacific: Aleutian Is.
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
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