Description

Dorsal soft rays (total): 5 - 6; Anal soft rays: 4. Characterized by having escal morphology: short anterior appendage, laterally compressed, without pigmented internal tube; presence of medial appendages; short, simple, cylindrical to laterally compressed; short and broad subopercle, dorsal end tapering to a point, without indentation on posterodorsal margin; length of ventral fork of opercle 24.2-27.1% SL; ratio of lengths of dorsal and ventral forks of opercle0.48-0.64; upper fork of opercle supported by 2-3 bony ribs in some large specimens; absence of epibranchial teeth; presence of teeth on pharyngobranchial II; upper jaw with 26-52; lower jaw teeth 36-50; teeth on vomer 4-10; dorsal fin rays 5-6; anal fin rays 4; pectoral fin rays 14-17; head length 32.2-39.5% SL; head depth 34.2-41.5% SL; premaxilla length 26-32.1% SL; length of lower jaw 33.2-45.3% SL; illicium length 14.4-26.5% 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 sabex Pietsch & Seigel, 1980

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Mesopelagic species (Ref. 7300, 75154).

Habitat

bathypelagic