Epigonus Machaera
📖 Overview
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🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 9; Vertebrae: 25. This species is distinguished by the following set of characters: presence or a pungent opercular spine; maxillary mustache-like process blunt; ribs on the last abdominal vertebra; two round nub-like structures present on symphysis of lower jaw; tongue narrow and sword-like, no teeth; gill rakers 7-9 + 20-21 = 28-30; vertebrae 11 + 14; total pored lateral-line scales 49-54 (hypural end 45-50 + caudal fin 4-5); scales below lateral line 9-10; D VII-I,9; pectoral-fin rays 16-17; pyloric caeca 7; head length 31.9-34.6 % SL; body depth 20.5-22.6 % SL; lower-jaw length 13.5-14.5 % SL; second dorsal-fin spine length 12.7-14.7 % SL; and second anal-fin spine length 12.7-15.5 % SL .: fusiform / normal; Cross section: compressed.
🌀 Behaviour
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🦐 Diet
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🥚 Reproduction
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🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 727 - 809 m . Deep-water Southwest Pacific: Chatham Rise, east of New Zealand.
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