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Pseudoscopelus lavenbergi Melo, Walker & Klepadlo, 2007 |
| Family: | Chiasmodontidae (Snaketooth fishes) | |||
| Max. size: | 18.1 cm SL (male/unsexed) | |||
| Environment: | bathypelagic; marine; depth range 0 - 2100 m | |||
| Distribution: | Eastern Pacific: California, USA to Chile. | |||
| Diagnosis: | Dorsal spines (total): 8-8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 23-25; Vertebrae: 37-39. Differs from other species of the genus by the following three unique characters: random trunk photophores in broad band of three or more rows; postventral-fin photophores short, not extending to anus, and reaching anteriorly to very close to pelvic-fin origin; absence of maxillary photophores and presence of anteropreopercular photophores (Ref. 75982). Description: D VIII iii, 21-23; A iii-iv, 20-22 (Ref. 75982). | |||
| Biology: | ||||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 13 August 2019 Ref. (130435) | |||
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