Smallcheek snailfish
📖 Overview
Overview information for Smallcheek snailfish is currently being compiled by our editorial team.
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 62; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 55; Vertebrae: 68. Anterior 4 dorsal rays short and thin; caudal-fin rays 8; 3 notched pectoral radials; snout not protruding, angled posterodorsally from immediately above upper lip; eye 25.4% HL; chin pore interspace equal to their diameter, with a common shallow skin fold anteriorly; gill opening small, 0.6 eye; pectoral fin with short lobes, posterior half only of upper and lower lobes protruding from skin; anus slightly anterior to gill opening; skin dark brown, peritoneum black, mouth grey, tongue black-dotted .: elongated.
🌀 Behaviour
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🦐 Diet
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🥚 Reproduction
Reproduction data for Smallcheek snailfish is currently being compiled.
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; bathydemersal; depth range ? - 1000 m . Deep-water west coast of Tasmania, Australia.
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) — 1 records indexed .
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