| Family: |
Artedidraconidae (Barbled plunderfishes) |
| Max. size: |
24.8 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
bathypelagic; marine; depth range - 1738 m |
| Distribution: |
Eastern Indian Ocean: Antarctica. |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal spines (total): 2-2; Dorsal soft rays (total): 27-27; Anal soft rays: 17-17; Vertebrae: 37-37. This species of the unspotted P. albipinna species group is distinguished by the following set of characters: long mental barbel, about 15-20% SL without terminal expansion (vs. short and blunt in P. immaculata, with terminal expansions in albipinna and dewitti); shallow head and slender trunk with a slight taper to caudal peduncle (vs. deeper heads and more abruptly tapered bodies for the 3 former species); middle lateral line pores 8-13 (vs. indistinct in albipinna, 12-29 with most 16-29 in immaculata and 17-19 in dewitti) ; divergence in mitochondrial ND2 gene between stewarti and immaculata not available from albipinna and dewitti (Ref. 84672). |
| Biology: |
Collected by bottom longline (Ref. 84672). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
| Country info: |
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