Description

Dorsal soft rays (total): 5; Anal soft rays: 4. Characterized by having an extremely long illicium (72%SL); subopercle without indentation on posterodorsal margin; length of ventral fork of opercle 24.7% SL; ratio of lengths of the dorsal and ventral forks of opercle 0.45; absence of epibranchial teeth; presence of teeth on pharyngobranchial II; upper jaw teeth 42, lower jaw teeth 54 (questionable); teeth on vomer 8; dorsal fin rays 5; anal fin rays 4; pectoral fin rays 14; head length 43.8% SL; head depth 42.6% SL; premaxilla length 34.0% SL; length of lower jaw 48.9% SL; length of illicium 72.3% SL (Ref. 86949).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Lophiiformes

Family: Oneirodidae

Genus: Oneirodes

Species: Oneirodes bradburyae Grey, 1956

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Males are unknown (Ref. 37039).

Habitat

bathypelagic