| Family: |
Trachichthyidae (Slimeheads) |
| Max. size: |
21.4 cm SL (male/unsexed); 24.7 cm SL (female) |
| Environment: |
bathydemersal; marine; depth range 200 - 400 m |
| Distribution: |
Western Pacific: Japan, Taiwan and New Caledonia. |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal spines (total): 6-7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12-13; Anal spines: 3-3; Anal soft rays: 9-10; Vertebrae: 26-26. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: pyloric caeca 65-84; predorsal scales 18-22; pectoral-fin rays 14-17 (modally 15-16); total gill rakers on first-gill arch 18-19; HF1 2.2%-3.7% SL; HF2 5.1%- 6.0% SL; postorbital width 17.1%-20.6% SL. Colouration: oral cavity, branchial cavity, top and underside of tongue, and peritoneum are uniformly black; base of caudal fin brownish; spinous dorsal-fin membrane with black distal margin. (Ref. 129008). |
| Biology: |
The mature female specimen (24.7 cm SL) with well-developed eggs and the male specimen (21.4 cm SL) with well-developed testes; females (19.5-20.9 cm SL) with mature eggs, suggests that this species is a small species, which reproduces at a length c. 20.0 cm SL (Ref. 129008). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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