Black snaggletooth
📖 Overview
An oceanic and mesopelagic species usually found deeper than 500 m during the day . Feeds on midwater fishes and crustaceans . Also Ref. 58302.
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 15 - 16; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 14; Vertebrae: 43 - 46. Body black in color . Relatively large luminous patches on operculum and interoperculum, and along ventral margin of lower jaw; its color pink when fresh, whitish preserved . Serial photopores few and widely spaced . Body moderately elongate and slender. Chin barbel long and slender, tip expanded in form of thin flaps or swollen bulb. Maxillary teeth are comblike .: elongated; Cross section: compressed.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Black snaggletooth is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
Diet information for Black snaggletooth is currently being compiled.
🥚 Reproduction
Reproduction data for Black snaggletooth is currently being compiled.
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; bathypelagic; depth range 1 - 3000 m . Deep-water South Africa (Ref.
🌿 Ecology
midwater fishes and crustaceans (Ref
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🔍 Similar Species
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