| Family: |
Linophrynidae (Leftvents) |
| Max. size: |
7 cm TL (male/unsexed); 7.7 cm SL (female) |
| Environment: |
bathypelagic; marine; depth range 200 - 1000 m |
| Distribution: |
Atlantic Ocean: in tropical and subtropical areas. Pacific Ocean: Japan (Ref. 559) and New Zealand (Ref. 5755). |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal soft rays (total): 3-3; Anal soft rays: 3-3. Metamorphosed females distinguished by the following characteristics: escal bulb with tapering distal appendage bearing proximal pair of stout, blunt lateral branches; tiny, filamentous, simple or paired secondary branches on distal tip of proximal branches and in pairs along primary branch, increasing in length and number with size of specimen; short, blunt or pointed posterior escal appendage; absence of additional escal appendage; barbel divided near base into 4 primary branches; subdermal pigment in two lateral bands along side of body; parasitic males without pointed sphenotic spines (Ref. 86949). |
| Biology: |
Also mesopelagic (Ref. 10762). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 09 May 2013 Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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