Dicrolene Quinquarius
📖 Overview
Benthopelagic at bathyal depth . Rare species . Oviparous, with oval pelagic eggs floating in a gelatinous mass . Minimum depth reported taken from Ref. 559.
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
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 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 . Caudal fin and posterior part of dorsal and anal fins black .
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Dicrolene Quinquarius is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
🥚 Reproduction
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 700 - 1300 m . Deep-water West Pacific: off Mozambique to Japan.
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🔍 Similar Species
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