| Family: |
Malakichthyidae (Temperate ocean-basses) |
| Max. size: |
24.5 cm TL (male/unsexed); max.weight: 181.4 g |
| Environment: |
pelagic-oceanic; marine; depth range 180 - 300 m |
| Distribution: |
Western Atlantic: Caribbean Sea and Straits of Florida, |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal spines (total): 10-10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10-10; Anal spines: 3-3; Anal soft rays: 7-7. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: lower jaw with only villiform teeth posterior to a canine tooth near symphysis; absence of basioccipital fossa; proximal-middle radial of first anal-fin pterygiophore with angular concavity on anterior surface; pectoral-fin rays 16 (rarely 15); first gill arch with gill rakers on lower arm 14-18; lateral-line scales 45-49; scales cycloid and very weakly ctenoid (Ref. 123567). |
| Biology: |
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| IUCN Red List Status: |
Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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