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Teleostei (teleosts) > Lophiiformes (Anglerfishes) > Oneirodidae (Dreamers)
Etymology: Oneirodes: Greek, 'oneiros' = a dream or dreamlike or out of a dream (suggesting this fish is so strange and marvelous that can exist only in dreams) (Ref. 86949); sipharum: Name from Latin 'sipharum' for pennant, referring to the appearance of the anterior process of esca; noun in apposition..

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Marine; bathypelagic; depth range 0 - 1000 m (Ref. 123295). Deep-water

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Eastern Pacific.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 1.4 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 123295)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal soft rays (total): 4; Anal soft rays: 4. The esca of this species is characterized by the following: large, its height only 1.6 times as long as length of illicium; the length of illicium commensurate with length of its axonost; anterior process long, approximately 2.3 times longer than height of its bulb, multiply pinnately branching; central processes of esca (pair) close in bases, multiply filamentously branching from bases, the length of largest branches half as long as length of anterior process; no anterolateral and lateral processes; posterior process simple, filamentous, very long and thin, slightly (1.1 times) longer than the anterior process; no pigmented processes; terminal papilla high, conical, clearly defined, with oval intense black mark near front edge at its base (Ref. 123295).

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Prokofiev, A.M., 2014. New species and new records of deepsea anglerfish of the family Oneirodidae. J. Ichthyol. 54(8):602-607. (Ref. 123295)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 11 October 2018

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Oneirodes sipharum Prokofiev, 2014