Pearly hairtail
📖 Overview
Found in deep waters off Kerala and Tamil Nadu, India. Feeds on deep water shrimps and small fishes like myctophids and gonostomatids. Caught with deep water trawls mixed together with other commercially important fish as bycatch.
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 3; Dorsal soft rays (total): 106 - 116; Anal soft rays: 80. Body extremely elongate, compressed and tapering to a point. Mouth very large with a small dermal process at the tip of each jaw. Pelvic and caudal fins absent. Lateral line originating at the upper margin of the gill cover, running obliquely to behind the tip of the pectoral fins, then parallel to the ventral contour of the body. Fresh specimens are pearl white and slightly dusky dorsally; the margins of the dorsal and anal fins dusky in formalin.: elongated; Cross section: compressed.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Pearly hairtail is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
Diet information for Pearly hairtail is currently being compiled.
🥚 Reproduction
Reproduction data for Pearly hairtail is currently being compiled.
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; benthopelagic; depth range 250 - 350 m . Deep-water; 31°N - 14°S, 32°E - 139°E west coast of India.
🌿 Ecology
deep water shrimps and small fishes like myctophids and gonostomatids
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
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