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Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 0 - 2036 m (Ref. 51661). Deep-water
Eastern Pacific: northeast of Isla Guadalupe, Mexico.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 2.7 cm SL (female)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal soft rays (total): 37; Vertebrae: 42. Skin pale, peritoneum blackish-brown, mouth and gill cavity pale. Coronal pore present. Mouth strongly oblique, angle 73-75°. Eyes very small, 14% HL. Branchial cavity large with ventrolateral part prominent, covering base of pectoral fin. Gill rakers unmodified. Pectoral fin insertion low, almost horizontal (Ref. 43481).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated; Cross section: compressed.
Caught between 0 and 2000 m depth over 3900 m depth. Assumed to be bathydemersal (Rainer Froese, pers. comm.).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Chernova, N.V. and D.L. Stein, 2002. Ten new species of Psednos (Pisces, Scorpaeniformes: Liparidae) from the Pacific and North Atlantic oceans. Copeia 2002(3):755-778. (Ref. 43481)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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