Bulb-fish

📖 Overview

Overview information for Bulb-fish is currently being compiled by our editorial team.

🔬 Taxonomy

🐟 Physical Description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 6 - 7; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 4; Vertebrae: 19. Escal bulb bearing an anterior appendage with numerous long filaments at its distal end, a pair of medial appendages with highly branched filaments, a short round papilla and posterior appendages with 2 short filaments . Characterized by having similar characteristics like that of O.eschrichtii and O.anisacanthus; posterior margin of the upper part of subopercle is indented to deeply notched; length of ventral fork of opercle 28.6-35% SL; ratio of lengths of dorsal and ventral forks of opercle 0.55-0.60; absence of epibranchial teeth; presence of teeth on pharyngobranchial II; upper jaw teeth 23-39; lower jaw teeth 24-40; teeth on vomer 4-8; dorsal fin rays 6-7; anal fin rays 4; pectoral fin rays 15-18; head length 37.6-49.1% SL; head depth 39.1-50.8% SL; length of premaxilla 29.1-38.6% SL; lower jaw length 44.1-56.1% SL; illicial length 23.1-38.6% SL .: short and / or deep.

🌀 Behaviour

Behavioural data for Bulb-fish is currently being reviewed.

🦐 Diet

Diet information for Bulb-fish is currently being compiled.

🥚 Reproduction

Reproduction data for Bulb-fish is currently being compiled.

🌍 Habitat & Distribution

Marine; bathypelagic; depth range 200 - 2000 m , usually 600 - 850 m . Deep-water; 66°N - 30°N, 142°E - 117°W North Pacific: Okhotsk and Bering seas and off British Columbia, Canada (Ref.

🌿 Ecology

📐 Morphometrics

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🛡️ Conservation Assessment

📊 Population Risk & Fisheries

🌐 Names & Taxonomy

🐠 Related Species

🔍 Similar Species

🗺️ Global Occurrence Map

Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 1 records indexed .

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