Description

Dorsal soft rays (total): 70 - 79; Anal soft rays: 55 - 64; Vertebrae: 40 - 43. This species is characterized by the following: pectoral fins long (16.7-20.3% SL); soft interorbital broad (7-9.4%SL); pectoral distance long (33.2-37.4%SL); elongate neural spines 4; rows of large scales on lower cheeks 3; outer pseudoclasper a broad, rounded lobe; fleshy isthmus between pseudoclaspers wide; anterior inner pseudoclasper submerged in pocket of isthmus; otolith with fused colliculi (Ref. 55786).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Ophidiiformes

Family: Dinematichthyidae

Genus: Ogilbichthys

Species: Ogilbichthys longimanus Møller, Schwarzhans & Nielsen, 2004

Climate Zone

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Biology

Life cycle and mating behavior

Habitat

associated