| Liparidae (Snailfishes) |
| 17 cm SL (female) |
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bathydemersal; marine; depth range - 1205 m |
| Eastern Indian Ocean: off South Australia in the Great Australian Bight. |
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Dorsal spines (total): 0-0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 54; Anal spines: 0-0; Anal soft rays: 50; Vertebrae: 62. Pectoral girdle with 4 radials, the lowest half-moon shaped, forming part of posterior margin of basal cartilaginous lamina; teeth not large, simple; chin pores touching each other, anterior skin fold present; subrostral fold absent; gill opening reaching ventrally in front of 4th pectoral ray; ventral end of gill opening and uppermost pectoral ray on horizontal with upper margin of pupil; pectoral with 2 notch rays rudimentary; head less than 20% SL, eye large, 27% HL, snout short, deeply rounded; body deep, about 1.3 HL, slight costal ridge present; head black, peritoneum black (Ref. 42734). |
| Found on the continental slope. Benthic (Ref. 75154). |
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Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
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| harmless |
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