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Chaenophryne quasiramifera Pietsch, 2007 |
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photo by
Pietsch, T.W. |
| Family: | Oneirodidae (Dreamers) | |||
| Max. size: | 9.8 cm SL (male/unsexed) | |||
| Environment: | bathydemersal; marine; depth range 0 - 1130 m | |||
| Distribution: | Southeast Pacific: Peru-Chile Trench and Nasca Ridge. | |||
| Diagnosis: | Dorsal soft rays (total): 8-8; Anal soft rays: 6-6. This species can be easily distinguished from its congeners in having the following characters: 1 or 2 elongate illicial filaments originating laterally just below base of escal bulb (vs. C. ramifera with 7-12 on each side; descending escal appendage extending along anterior margin of illicium, a small proximal portion emerging at articulation of illicium and illicial pterygiophores as a free, anterodorsally directed tentacle; short illicium, 21.1-22.9% SL; greater number of dorsal- and anal-fin rays, 8 and 6, respectively (Ref. 75756). | |||
| Biology: | ||||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Data deficient (DD); Date assessed: 11 October 2018 Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||