Black snailfish
📖 Overview
Overview information for Black snailfish is currently being compiled by our editorial team.
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 54; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 50; Vertebrae: 62. Pectoral girdle with 4 radials, the lowest half-moon shaped, forming part of posterior margin of basal cartilaginous lamina; teeth not large, simple; chin pores touching each other, anterior skin fold present; subrostral fold absent; gill opening reaching ventrally in front of 4th pectoral ray; ventral end of gill opening and uppermost pectoral ray on horizontal with upper margin of pupil; pectoral with 2 notch rays rudimentary; head less than 20% SL, eye large, 27% HL, snout short, deeply rounded; body deep, about 1.3 HL, slight costal ridge present; head black, peritoneum black .: elongated.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Black snailfish is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
Diet information for Black snailfish is currently being compiled.
🥚 Reproduction
Reproduction data for Black snailfish is currently being compiled.
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; bathydemersal; depth range ? - 1205 m . Deep-water South Australia in the Great Australian Bight.
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 2 records indexed .
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