Hawaiian sea-moth fish
📖 Overview
Inhabits moderately deep water . Benthic . Larvae and juveniles are often collected in neuston and plankton nets, and midwater trawls .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 5; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 5; Vertebrae: 19. Body color olivaceous to yellow olive dorsally and laterally; whitish ventrally; 3 indistinct, double bands of light red on carapace and tail. Species with 3 pairs of dorsolateral body plates; 4 pairs of ventrolateral body plates; a pair of deep pits on dorsal surface of head; 8 (rarely 9) mobile tail rings; concave suborbital shelf, eyes visible in ventral view. Dorsal and ventral ridges of rostrum almost equally expanded with laterally directed denticles. Medial spine on dorsal surface of last tail ring posteriorly directed.: other; Cross section: flattened.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Hawaiian sea-moth fish is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
Diet information for Hawaiian sea-moth fish is currently being compiled.
🥚 Reproduction
Reproduction data for Hawaiian sea-moth fish is currently being compiled.
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; demersal; depth range 80 - 291 m, usually 80 - 115 m . Tropical; 28°N - 20°N Central Pacific: known only from the Hawaiian Islands.
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🔍 Similar Species
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