Description

Dorsal soft rays (total): 86; Anal soft rays: 66. M. rosenblatti differs from all other species of the genus by the following combination of characters: head long with elongate, pointed snout, skull length 5.3-7.9% TL, rostral fang strongly hooked with distal part in a nearly right angle to dorsal profile of skull, (5)-6-(7) teeth in each jaw, dorsal fin origin above myomeres nos. 9-12, and 4-(5) lateral, subdermal spots of pigmentation.

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Saccopharyngiformes

Family: Monognathidae

Genus: Monognathus

Species: Monognathus rosenblatti Bertelsen & Nielsen, 1987

Climate Zone

Biology

Life cycle and mating behavior

Habitat

bathypelagic

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Threat to Humans

Harmless