| Family: |
Chiasmodontidae (Snaketooth fishes) |
| Max. size: |
18.1 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
bathypelagic; marine; depth range 0 - 2100 m |
| Distribution: |
Eastern Pacific: California, USA to Chile. |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal spines (total): 8-8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 23-25; Vertebrae: 37-39. Differs from other species of the genus by the following three unique characters: random trunk photophores in broad band of three or more rows; postventral-fin photophores short, not extending to anus, and reaching anteriorly to very close to pelvic-fin origin; absence of maxillary photophores and presence of anteropreopercular photophores (Ref. 75982).
Description: D VIII iii, 21-23; A iii-iv, 20-22 (Ref. 75982). |
| Biology: |
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| IUCN Red List Status: |
Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 13 August 2019 Ref. (130435)
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