Slender brotula
📖 Overview
Uncommon species . Oviparous, with oval pelagic eggs floating in a gelatinous mass . Minimum depth from Ref. 58018.
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 102 - 115; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 82 - 95. Snout rather blunt; eye diameter almost as long as snout; opercular spine strong and straight; hind margin of preopercle usually with 3 sharp spines; 1 median (broad) and a pair (small and placed behind median one) of basibranchial tooth patches; pseudobranchial filaments 2 or 3; 7-15 developed rakers on anterior arch; lower 5-11 pectoral fin rays free and longer than upper ones; precaudal vertebrae 13-16 . No black fin rays; spines in supraorbital absent and on preopercle absent or weak .
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Slender brotula is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
Diet information for Slender brotula is currently being compiled.
🥚 Reproduction
Reproduction data for Slender brotula is currently being compiled.
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 344 - 1700 m . Deep-water east coast of South Africa; also from other parts of the Indian Ocean.
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 1 records indexed .
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