Hoplobrotula badia Machida, 1990
Hoplobrotula badia
photo by Senou, H.

Family:  Ophidiidae (Cusk-eels), subfamily: Neobythitinae
Max. size:  55.8 cm SL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  demersal; marine
Distribution:  Northwest Pacific: Sagami Bay, Japan.
Diagnosis:  Dorsal soft rays (total): 94-94; Anal soft rays: 79; Vertebrae: 53-53. Rather elongate body with blunt head; eye almost as long as snout; upper jaws ends well behind eye; 3 sharp spines on preopercle and 1strong opercular spine; 1 median and a pair of basibranchial tooth patches; 5-6 developed rakers on anterior gill arch; pelvic fins inserted beneath eye and extended well beyond head; precaudal vertebrae 13 (Ref. 34024). Snout spine present (Ref. 34024).
Biology:  Rare species (Ref. 34024). Reproductive strategy possibly similar to other members of this family featuring oviparity, with oval pelagic eggs floating in a gelatinous mass (Ref. 205).
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 16 August 2019 Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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