Prickly snailfish
📖 Overview
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🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 56 - 59; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 44 - 49. Dorsal fin extending to about half length of caudal fin and no raised lobe at anterior end; caudal reduced but recognizable, attached to dorsal and anal fins; anal extends about to half length of caudal fin; lower rays of pectorals greatly exserted; pelvic fins and adhering disc absent .: elongated.
🌀 Behaviour
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🦐 Diet
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🥚 Reproduction
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🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 18 - 1008 m . Deep-water Northeast Pacific: Shelikof Strait, western Gulf of Alaska to southern British Columbia; northern California, USA.
🌿 Ecology
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🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🔍 Similar Species
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