Bulb-fish
📖 Overview
Bulb-fish (Oneirodes bulbosus), first described by Chapman, 1939 is a medium-sized fish in the family Oneirodidae (order Lophiiformes). Adults typically reach 23.00 cm in maximum length. It inhabits marine coastal and open-ocean environments. Recorded depth range: 200 to 2000 metres. It occurs in Deep-water waters. Diet is predominantly piscivorous, targeting other fish and larger prey. On the IUCN Red List, it is classified as Least Concern.
🔬 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
🥚 Reproduction
🌍 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
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | Bulbfish · bulbous dreamer · dreamer |
| 🌍CES | břichatka hlízkovitá |
| 🇫🇷French | queue-de-rêve bulbeuse |
| 🇯🇵Japanese | Yumeanko · ユメアンコウ |
| 🇷🇺Russian | Луковидный онейрод |
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 1 records indexed .
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