Description

Dorsal soft rays (total): 91 - 98; Anal soft rays: 43 - 58. M. bertini differs from all other species of the genus by the great distance between anal fin origin and anus (13-19 myomeres). It is further distinguished by the following combination of characters: head short, snout relatively long, skull length 3.6-4.9% TL, rostral fang with dorsal profile slightly convex forming an almost straight line with frontal part of skull, dorsal fin origin above myomere number 5-7, pectoral fin 5.3-10.5% TL and no lateral, subdermal spots of pigmentation (Ref. 34506).

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Saccopharyngiformes

Family: Monognathidae

Genus: Monognathus

Species: Monognathus bertini Bertelsen & Nielsen, 1987

Climate Zone

Biology

All specimens were caught in the water column far above the bottom (Ref. 34506).

Habitat

bathypelagic

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Threat to Humans

Harmless