| Family: |
Oneirodidae (Dreamers) |
| Max. size: |
21 cm TL (male/unsexed); max.weight: 400.0 g |
| Environment: |
bathypelagic; marine; depth range 100 - 2014 m |
| Distribution: |
North Pacific: Japan and the Sea of Okhotsk to the Gulf of Alaska (Eschmeyer, pers. comm.). Reported from British Columbia, Canada (Ref. 11980). |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal spines (total): 0-0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 6-7; Anal spines: 0-0; Anal soft rays: 4-4; Vertebrae: 18-18. Illicium rather short; escal bulb bearing a somewhat flattened anterior appendage with 4 black flattened flaps, and bearing a rather long posterior appendage (Ref. 559). Further characterized by subopercle with posterodorsal margin indented to deeply notched; length of ventral fork of opercle 30.5-37.3% SL; ratio of lengths of the dorsal and ventral forks of opercle 0.42-0.54; absence of epibranchial teeth; presence of teeth on pharyngobranchial II; upper jaw teeth 19-42, lower jaw teeth 18-36; teeth on vomer 4-9; dorsal fin rays 5-6; anal fin rays 4; pectoral fin rays 14-17; head length 37.7-48.6% SL; head depth 39.1-54.1% SL; premaxilla length 28.4-34.1% SL; length of lower jaw 41.3-54.1% SL; length of illicium 23.9-39.0% SL (Ref. 86949). |
| Biology: |
Minimum depth from Ref. 58018. |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 11 October 2018 Ref. (130435)
|
| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
| Country info: |
|
Source and more info: www.fishbase.org. For personal, classroom, and other internal use only. Not for publication.
