Coelorinchus Okamurai

📖 Overview

Coelorinchus Okamurai (Coelorinchus okamurai) is a ray-finned fish of the family Macrouridae. It inhabits marine (saltwater) waters. It occurs at depths between 610 and 690 metres. With a trophic level of 3.6, it is a mid-level predator.

🔬 Taxonomy

🐟 Physical Description

This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: snout is moderately long, sharply pointed in lateral and dorsal views, its length 39–42% of head length; lateral nasal ridge is completely supported by nasal bone; light organ is short, with length less than 1/2 orbit diameter, its anterior margin falling far short of pelvic-fin bases; premaxillary teeth in short, uniformly wide band, with the posterior end of the tooth band not reaching lateral corner of mouth; teeth not greatly enlarged; body scales are covered with short, reclined, narrowly blade-like spinules in widely divergent rows; buttresses of body scale spinules are scarcely developed; occipital scales between parietal ridges armed with divergent rows of long, erect, and needle-like spinules; nasal fossa usually naked (a few small scales rarely present anteroventrally); patches of small scales sparsely distributed on the ventral surface of head; scales on underside of head armed with 1-3 rows of short, erect, needle-like to knife-like spinules; interdorsal space is longer than first dorsal-fin base length; subopercle terminating as a long, slender flap; body dark overall with no prominent markings; fins are uniformly blackish .Cross section: oval.

🌀 Behaviour

Behavioural data for Coelorinchus Okamurai is currently being reviewed.

🦐 Diet

🥚 Reproduction

🌍 Habitat & Distribution

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 610 - 690 m . Tropical Indian Ocean: Timor Sea.

🌿 Ecology

📐 Morphometrics

🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance

📊 Population Risk & Fisheries

🐠 Related Species

🔍 Similar Species

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