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Himantolophus sagamius (Tanaka, 1918) Pacific footballfish |
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photo by
William B. Ludt / Natural History Museums of L.A. County |
| Family: | Himantolophidae (Footballfishes) | |||
| Max. size: | 20 cm SL (male/unsexed) | |||
| Environment: | bathypelagic; marine; depth range 613 - 1200 m | |||
| Distribution: | Pacific: Kuril-Kamchatka trough, coast of the Hokkaido and Honshu islands (Gulf of Sagami), and from California to Peru.. | |||
| Diagnosis: | Dorsal soft rays (total): 5-5; Anal soft rays: 4-4. Distinguishing characteristics of adult female: length of anterior escal appendage 11-38% SL; distal escal appendage 6.2-11% SL; blunt distal lobes of esca; posterior escal appendage 12-41% SL, simple or with bifid tip; posterolateral appendages 2-4 pairs, situated on and below base of escal bulb, length of distal and longest pair 30-45% SL (Ref. 86949). | |||
| Biology: | Meso- and bathypelagic (Ref. 58302). | |||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 11 October 2018 Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||