Scopelosaurus adleri
Scopelosaurus adleri (Fedorov, 1967)


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Family:  Notosudidae (Waryfishes)
Max. size:  31 cm SL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  bathypelagic; marine; depth range 102 - 1440 m
Distribution:  North Pacific: off Taiwan, waters of Kamchatka, Japan, and Kuril Islands, Sea of Okhotsk, Bering Sea, off British Columbia, California and Alaska Bay.
Diagnosis:  Dorsal spines (total): 0-0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10-11; Anal spines: 0-0; Anal soft rays: 17-20; Vertebrae: 58-61. Pyloric caeca, 16-26.
Biology:  Individuals of 20-22 cm SL, feeds on various types of plankton, almost exclusively deep-sea copepods of Pareuchaeta. Larger specimens also feed on squid, shrimp, and fish (Ref. 35945).
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 12 October 2018 Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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