| Family: |
Oneirodidae (Dreamers) |
| Max. size: |
22.2 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
bathypelagic; marine; depth range 360 - 1000 m |
| Distribution: |
Atlantic and Pacific: tropical and subtropical waters. |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal soft rays (total): 5-7; Anal soft rays: 4-5. Distinguishing characteristics: esca with tapering, internally pigmented, anterior appendage, becoming proportionally longer with growth, and usually bearing 2 short, unpigmented filaments on anterior margin near distal tip; unpaired, unpigmented filamentous medial escal appendage normally consisting of numerous branched filaments, flanked on each side by a similar filamentous medial appendage; terminal escal papilla truncated, sometimes with distal spot of dark pigment; posterior escal appendage is laterally compressed and crescent-shaped, sometimes pigmented on distal margin; unpigmented filamentous lateral escal appendage on each side; absence of anterolateral escal appendages; epibrachial I bearing 1-5 teeth; pharyngobranchial II toothed; upper jaw with 29-180 teeth, lower jaw with 53-160 teeth; vomer with 4-10 teeth (Ref. 86949). |
| Biology: |
Also mesopelagic (Ref. 10524). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 09 May 2013 Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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