Description

Dorsal soft rays (total): 72; Anal soft rays: 42. M. bruuni differs from all other species of the genus except M. jesperseni in having a glandular part of the dorsal fin. Is distinguished by the following combination of characters: head short, snout blunt, skull length 3.8% TL, rostral fang with dorsal profile slightly convex forming an almost straight line with frontal part of skull, dorsal fin origin above myomere number 13, and small pectoral fins (ca. 1% TL).

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Saccopharyngiformes

Family: Monognathidae

Genus: Monognathus

Species: Monognathus bruuni Bertin, 1936

Climate Zone

Biology

Holotype was captured with a ringnet, at a depth of about 4000 m (Ref. 34506).

Habitat

bathypelagic

Conservation Status

Data deficient

Threat to Humans

Harmless