Short-finned snailfish
📖 Overview
The sediment from the Agassiz trawl included gray and brown silt and the bycatch was dominated by the holothurians Molpadia sp., Echiura and glass sponges; polychaetes were numerous (not less than 12 species including Travisia sp.). Also gorgonians and alcionarians, as well as ascidia of Culeolus sp., colonies of bryozoans Kinetoskias were few .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal soft rays (total): 49; Anal soft rays: 43; Vertebrae: 55. This species is distinguished by the following set of characters: vertebrae 55 (10+45), no pleural ribs; D 49, A 43, P 26, C 9 (principal rays); hypural is unslitted; head small, 17.7 % SL; preanal length 34.0 % SL; body is deep behind the head (119 % lc) and above anal-fin origin (113 % lc), end of tail thin (at about one fifth SL); eye 26.4 % lc; pelvic disk 41.5 % lc; pores 2-6-7-1; pectoral-fin upper lobe short (11.3 % SL), lower lobe slightly longer (13.3 % SL). Colouration: when fresh it is grayish brown with reddish tint; peritoneum black .Cross section: oval.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Short-finned snailfish is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
🥚 Reproduction
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 3300 - 3301 m . Deep-water
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
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