Description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 52 - 53; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 46 - 49; Vertebrae: 55 - 59. Abdominal disk large, its rays long, fine under thin skin over entire length; a narrow free fold of skin around the disk with unthickened bordering edge, two anterior rays attached to anterior process of pelvis; jaw teeth simple with blunt cusps, with lateral cusps in the posterior rows; pores of the seismosensory system on the head not enlarged; single suprabranchial pore; pectoral fin without notch; pleural ribs absent; epipleural ribs present; one reduced epural (Ref. 41724).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Perciformes/Cottoidei

Family: Liparidae

Genus: Osteodiscus

Species: Osteodiscus andriashevi Pitruk & Fedorov, 1990

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Life cycle and mating behavior

Habitat

bathydemersal