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Dorsal spines (total): 3; Dorsal soft rays (total): 15; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 8; Vertebrae: 28 - 29. This species is distinguished by the following characters: first gill arch with 18 rakers; eye diameter greater than width of suborbital bone; caudal peduncle depth more than twice its length; vertebrae 28-29, of them trunk 13; haemal arch of first caudal vertebra without spurs; D III,15; A I,8; ventral-fin soft rays 7; ventral fin is usually beyond vertical of posterior margin of pectoral fin insertion; anal fin begins beyond the vertical of last ray of dorsal fin .: fusiform / normal; Cross section: compressed.
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Marine; bathypelagic; depth range ? - 200 m . Subtropical
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