Psednos Platyoperculosus
📖 Overview
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🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal soft rays (total): 49 - 50; Anal soft rays: 43 - 44; Vertebrae: 59. This species is distinguished by the following characters: vertebrae 59, pectoral fin rays 16-17, caudal fin rays 6, pyloric caeca 7; body humpbacked; mouth angle about 40°; gill opening above pectoral and extending ventrally in front of 1-3 rays, about 1/4 HL; opercle a broad stout shaft dorsally, widening at level of gill opening and then narrowing to form a sharp posteroventrally pointing tip reaching to behind pectoral fin base; small symphyseal pores are widely separated, obscure; short abdomen ca 80% HL; body whitish, pyloric caeca reticulated black at base and for about 1/2 length, pale distally .: 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 ? - 1163 m . Deep-water Southwest Pacific: Chatham Rise, New Zealand.
🌿 Ecology
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