| Family: |
Oneirodidae (Dreamers) |
| Max. size: |
11.5 cm SL (female) |
| Environment: |
bathypelagic; marine; depth range 600 - 2000 m |
| Distribution: |
Atlantic Ocean: occurring from tropical to temperate waters. |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal soft rays (total): 7-7; Anal soft rays: 5-6. Metamorphosed females distinguished by the following characteristics: long illicium and unique escal morphology; escal bulb with 2 distally bifurcating papillae on dorsal midline, each darkly pigmented and well separated from each other; absence of connecting membrane between anterior and posterior filaments of posterior escal appendage; anterior filament of posterior appendage darkly pigmented in 75-mm specimen; teeth on lower jaw 53-260; teeth on vomer 0-3; dorsal fin rays 7; anal fin rays 5-6; pectoral fin rays 20-21; illicium length 43.9-75.3% SL (Ref. 86949). |
| Biology: |
Also mesopelagic (Ref. 10524). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 15 July 2014 Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
| Country info: |
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