Melamphaes Shcherbachevi
📖 Overview
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🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 3; Dorsal soft rays (total): 15; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 8; Vertebrae: 27. This species is distinguished by the following characters: gill rakers on first gill arch 15; eye diameter equal to suborbital bone width; vertebrae 27 (12 abdominal vertebrae); haemal arm of first caudal vertebra no haemal spurs; D III,15, A I,8; V 7; ventral fin behind vertical line of posterior margin of pectoral fin basement; anal fin starts behind the vertical line of fourth ray of dorsal fin from its end .Cross section: compressed.
🌀 Behaviour
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🦐 Diet
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🥚 Reproduction
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🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; bathypelagic; depth range 0 - 1200 m . Tropical Indian Ocean: southern part of the Mozambique Channel near the sw coast of Madagascar Island.
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