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Etymology: Glyptophidium: Greek, glyptes = carver + Greek, ophis, ophidium, diminutive = serpent (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Smith & Radcliffe.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 395 - 685 m (Ref. 34024). Deep-water
Western Pacific: northern Philippines to off Northwest Australia (34024); includidng southwestern Taiwan (Ref. 56809).
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 21.2 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 11353)
Dorsal soft rays (total): 133 - 146; Anal soft rays: 109 - 122. Prominent head and body with an attenuate caudal part; head bones with large, thin crests; eye equal to or greater than length of snout; opercular spine broad, flat and weak; basibranchial with 1 median and a pair of tooth patches; long gill rakers on anterior arch 14 to 23 (Ref. 34024). Pseudobranchial filaments 11-15 (Ref. 34024).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Benthopelagic at bathyal depth (Ref. 56809). Found on the continental slope (Ref. 75154). Common species (Ref. 34024). Oviparous, with oval pelagic eggs floating in a gelatinous mass (Ref. 205).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Nielsen, J.G., D.M. Cohen, D.F. Markle and C.R. Robins, 1999. Ophidiiform fishes of the world (Order Ophidiiformes). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of pearlfishes, cusk-eels, brotulas and other ophidiiform fishes known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(18):178p. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 34024)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: bycatch
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