| Melamphaidae (Bigscale fishes or ridgeheads) |
| 11.25 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
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bathypelagic; marine; depth range 150 - 350 m |
| Eastern Atlantic: tropical, mostly equatorial. |
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Dorsal spines (total): 3-3; Dorsal soft rays (total): 14-15; Anal spines: 1-1; Anal soft rays: 8-8; Vertebrae: 27-27. The species is characterized by the following: gill rakers of first gill arch 21; vertebrae 27 (11 abdominal vertebrae); haemal arch of the first caudal vertebra without spur; D III,14-15; P 15; soft rays in ventral fin 7; ventral fin starts after the vertical line of the posterior margin of the pectoral fin basement; anal fin starts under the vertical line of the 3-4 ray of the dorsal fin (posterior end); operculum with 4 scales (Ref. 87970). |
| Adults found at depths of 15 - 300 meters (Ref. 51657). Specimens captured by bottom trawling at 1550 m depth; reported night catches of juveniles at 150-300 m depth and more (Ref. 87970). |
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Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 15 May 2013 Ref. (130435)
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| harmless |
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