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Smallpore Whiptail Cetonurichthys subinflatus Sazonov & Shcherbachev, 1982
[CAAB 37 232048]

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Distribution, ecology and habitat:

Tropical and subtropical Indo-southwest Pacific, from eastern Indian Ocean, Australia and New Caledonia, off the Norfolk Ridge; hydemersal on continental slope at 1316-1700 m.

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To 40 cm TL.

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Characteristics:

D II, 9-10; P 15-17; V 8; GR (inner) 8-9; BR; PC

Head broad, shallow, snout with paired tubercular scales at tip, suborbital ridge lacking stout scute-like scales; mouth inferior, noticeably protrusible, lips fleshy, jaws short, teeth in short, broad, crescent-shaped rows, outer series in upper jaw enlarged; chin barbel short. Scales on trunk small, with erect spinules in no particular arrangement; scales along dorsal-fin bases larger than surrounding ones; head completely scaled. Cephalic sensory canal moderately dilated, lacking open pores; lateral line canal with modified scales. Spinous second ray of first dorsal fin with small serrations; outer ray of pelvic fins elongate, fin distinctly posterior to a line through first dorsal- and pectoral-fin bases. Anus midway between bases of anal and pelvic fins, periproct narrow; no dermal window of light organ.

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Original citation:

Cetonurichthys subinflatus Sazonov & Shcherbachev 1982, Vopr. Ikhtiol. 22(5): 715, fig. 3, Southern Indian Ocean 16°55 S, 114°53 W.

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References:

Iwamoto, T. & Williams, A. 1999. Grenadiers (Pisces, Gadiformes) from the continental slope of western and northwestern Australia. Proc. Calif: Acad. Sci. 51(3): 105-243, figs. 1-58.

Merrett, N.R. & T. Iwamoto. 2000. Pisces Gadiformes: Grenadier fishes of the New Caledonian region, southwest Pacific Ocean. Taxonomy and distribution, with ecological notes, pp. 723-781 In Crosnier, R. (ed). Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, 21. Mem. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 184.