Paraliparis Adustus
📖 Overview
Collected at 640 m in water 3,658 m deep using a Marinovich midwater trawl. The male holotype was with mature testes, and possess a prominent genital papilla, length nearly one-half eye diameter and directed anteriorly .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal soft rays (total): 64; Anal soft rays: 52; Vertebrae: 68. The species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: D 64; A 56; pectoral-fin rays 24; vertebrae 68 (11+57); dorsalmost pectoral-fin ray insertion level with dorsal margin of eye; ventral pectoral-fin lobe with 3 short, thick, fleshy, lightly pigmented rays; mouth reaching posteriorly beyond anterior margin of eye; gill opening entirely above pectoral fin, surrounded with fleshy tissue; long, pointed gill rakers with 0-3 spinules at or near tip; anus positioned forward near the pectoral symphysis; wide caudal fin with 6 rays; pyloric caeca 5; uniformly brown on lateral body and median fins .: elongated.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Paraliparis Adustus is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
Diet information for Paraliparis Adustus is currently being compiled.
🥚 Reproduction
Reproduction data for Paraliparis Adustus is currently being compiled.
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; bathypelagic. Temperate Northwest Pacific: Bering Sea, Alaska.
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
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