| Family: |
Linophrynidae (Leftvents) |
| Max. size: |
4.1 cm TL (male/unsexed); 23.1 cm TL (female) |
| Environment: |
bathypelagic; marine; depth range 400 - 2200 m |
| Distribution: |
Northeast Atlantic: Iceland. Northwest Atlantic (Ref. 12965). |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal soft rays (total): 3-3; Anal soft rays: 2-3. Metamorphosed females distinguished by the following characteristics: globular escal bulb, surrounded distally and laterally by a blunt ridge in small specimens; absence of escal filaments or other appendages; barbel divided at base into 4 primary branches of nearly equal length, 40-86% SL, each with varying number of secondary and tertiary branches, more or less prolonged into filaments, each with distal photophore; concentration of subdermal melanophores on caudal peduncle; males with pointed sphenotic spines (Ref. 86949). |
| Biology: |
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| IUCN Red List Status: |
Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 11 October 2018 Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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