Psednos Nemnezi
📖 Overview
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🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal soft rays (total): 49 - 50; Anal soft rays: 43 - 44; Vertebrae: 58 - 59. This species is distinguished by the following characters: vertebrae 58-59; pectoral fin rays 16; pyloric caeca 6-10; prominent occipital hump; mouth angle about 60°; tiny and slender premaxillary teeth, sharp canines with slight shoulders, in a narrow band of about 40 oblique rows of up to 7 teeth each; short gill opening, above pectoral and in front of 1-2 rays, its length less than 1/5 HL; opercle a broad sword-like blade extending ventrally with a shallow curve posteriorly, its tip a sharp spine reaching posterior to pectoral fin base; symphyseal pores without raised rim, small, widely separated, fragile; absent coronal pore; rays of upper and lower pectoral fin lobes free for a significant proportion of their length; abdominal cavity length behind pectoral symphysis about 20% SL, almost equal to HL .: elongated; Cross section: compressed.
🌀 Behaviour
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🦐 Diet
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🥚 Reproduction
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🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; bathypelagic; depth range 830 - 960 m . Deep-water Southwest Pacific: Chatham Rise, New Zealand.
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