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Dolopichthys allector Garman, 1899 |
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photo by
Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada |
| Family: | Oneirodidae (Dreamers) | |||
| Max. size: | 9.2 cm TL (female) | |||
| Environment: | bathypelagic; marine; depth range 1050 - 2000 m, non-migratory | |||
| Distribution: | Atlantic Ocean: north of Azores. Northwest Atlantic: Canada (Ref. 5951). Also known from the Southeast Pacific. | |||
| Diagnosis: | Dorsal soft rays (total): 6-7; Anal soft rays: 5-6. Characterized by having two posteriorly directed papillae placed bilaterally on dorsal surface of escal bulb, each darkly pigmented on dorsal surface and on distal tip; compressed posterior appendage crescent shaped, unpigmented and short, equal to or less than length of escal bulb; unpigmented swollen basal part of posterior appendage; presence of connecting membrane between anterior and posterior filaments of posterior escal appendage; darkly pigmented posterior edge of anterior filament of posterior escal appendage; lower jaw teeth 42-128; absence of vomerine teeth in specimens 18.5 mm and larger, 2 teeth or less in smaller specimens; dorsal fin rays 6-7; anal fin rays 5-6; pectoral fin rays 19-21; head length 33.1-42.5% SL; head width 17.6-26.0% SL; head depth 26.3-37.5%SL; premaxilla length 20.4-29.5% SL; length of lower jaw 30.1-41.9% SL; length of illicium 26.9-48.9% SL (Ref. 86949). | |||
| Biology: | ||||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 09 May 2013 Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||