Description

Dorsal soft rays (total): 8; Anal soft rays: 6. This species can be easily distinguished from its congeners in having the following characters: 1 or 2 elongate illicial filaments originating laterally just below base of escal bulb (vs. C. ramifera with 7-12 on each side; descending escal appendage extending along anterior margin of illicium, a small proximal portion emerging at articulation of illicium and illicial pterygiophores as a free, anterodorsally directed tentacle; short illicium, 21.1-22.9% SL; greater number of dorsal- and anal-fin rays, 8 and 6, respectively (Ref. 75756).

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Lophiiformes

Family: Oneirodidae

Genus: Chaenophryne

Species: Chaenophryne quasiramifera Pietsch, 2007

Climate Zone

Location

• Southeast Pacific: Peru-Chile Trench and Nasca Ridge.

Biology

Life cycle and mating behavior

Habitat

bathydemersal

Conservation Status

Data deficient

Threat to Humans

Harmless