Thinbarbel whiptail
📖 Overview
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🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 2. pelvic fin rays 9-10, fins all black; median nasal streak faint or absent; chin barbel slender, moderately long, 24-35% of head length; outer premaxillary teeth small, scarcely enlarged; darker dorsum not strongly demarcated from paler lateral and ventral parts of trunk and tail; suborbital shelf broad, without anterior constriction, almost entirely black.: 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 878 - 1053 m . Deep-water Central Pacific: Australia, New Caledonia, Chesterfield and Bellona Plateau.
🌿 Ecology
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🔍 Similar Species
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