Description

Dorsal soft rays (total): 5 - 6; Anal soft rays: 4; Vertebrae: 18 - 19. Body flabby with thin, translucent skin. Subopercular lateral-line count usually 5. Skull relatively long, at least 30% of SL. Lower lip with membranous fringe of fingerlike papilla. Gill rakers in the form of broad tooth plates attached directly to gill arch,; no pedicels evident. Slender fins moderate in length with thin and transparent membranes. Cephalic lateral-line counts: subopercular usually 5 (5-6); preopercular 2. Tail lateral-line counts 8-11 (Ref. 40826).

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Lophiiformes

Family: Ogcocephalidae

Genus: Dibranchus

Species: Dibranchus spongiosa (Gilbert, 1890)

Climate Zone

Location

• Eastern Central Pacific: Mexico, including the Revillagigedo Islands.

Biology

Life cycle and mating behavior

Habitat

bathydemersal

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Threat to Humans

Harmless