Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecología
marino batipelágico; rango de profundidad 500 - 1300 m (Ref. 559). Deep-water
Western Pacific: Sagami Bay in Japan, East China Sea and the Philippines.
Tamaño / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 22.0 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 559)
Short description
Morfología | Morfometría
Espinas dorsales (total): 0; Radios blandos dorsales (total): 18-21; Espinas anales 0; Radios blandos anales: 17 - 19. Head and body compressed. Eye large, circular. Snout strongly curved, nearly vertical at the tip. Gill rakers well-developed. Scales absent from the body except fro modified ring-like lateral line scales.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino, 1984. The fishes of the Japanese Archipelago. Vol. 1. Tokai University Press, Tokyo, Japan. 437 p. (text). (Ref. 559)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
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