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Etymology: Benthocometes: Greek, benthos = depth of the sea + Greek, kometes, with long hair (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Goode & Bean.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologie

marien bathydemersaal; diepte 500 - 1000 m (Ref. 34024). Deep-water; 36°N - 9°N, 2°W - 82°W

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Eastern Atlantic: few specimens caught off Cape Bojador in northwest Africa; also from the Mediterranean. Western Atlantic: throughout the Caribbean (Ref. 2733).

Grootte / Gewicht / Leeftijd

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 15.0 cm TL mannelijk / geslacht onbekend; (Ref. 3686)

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Head short and stubby; eyes equal to or greater than length of snout; opercle with 2 posteriorly directed spines; developed rakers on anterior gill arch 7-10; pseudobranchial filaments 5-7 (Ref. 34024).

Larvae epipelagic (Ref. 34024). Uncommon species (Ref. 34024). Oviparous, with oval pelagic eggs floating in a gelatinous mass (Ref. 205).

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Nielsen, J.G., 1990. Ophidiidae. p. 564-573. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 3686)

Status op de Rode Lijst van het IUCN (Ref. 130435)

Niet bedreigd (LC) ; Date assessed: 04 February 2009

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Gevaar voor de mens

Harmless

Gebruik door de mens

Visserij: van geen belang

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Benthocometes robustus (Goode & Bean, 1886)