| Bregmacerotidae (Codlets) |
| 5.05 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
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pelagic-oceanic; marine; depth range 80 - 320 m |
| Eastern Central Pacific: west to the Hawaiian Is.; south to near the Line Islands, and eastward to the vicinity of the California Current. |
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Dorsal soft rays (total): 50-56; Anal soft rays: 51-59; Vertebrae: 52-58. This species is distinguished by the following characters: high precaudal vertebral counts, 15 or 16 ; high longitudinal and predorsal scale counts, 89-91 and 21-26, respectively); with concentrated dark pigment along dorsum with ventral portion of head unpigmented, especially cheek, jaws, throat, operculum, and ventral of nares; dentary teeth caniniform, greatest tooth length two to three times greater than that of premaxillary teeth; no premaxillary postmaxillary process (Ref. 130813). |
| There is little information available relating to its vertical distribution, but it is probably upper mesopelagic with maximum tow depths 80 m, 270 m, and 320 m (Ref. 130813). |
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Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
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| harmless |
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