Dicrolene tristis Smith & Radcliffe, 1913
Dicrolene tristis
photo by Yang, N.-S.

 Family:  Ophidiidae (Cusk-eels), subfamily: Neobythitinae
 Max. size:  17.5 cm TL (male/unsexed)
 Environment:  bathydemersal; depth range 560 - 990 m
 Distribution:  Western Pacific: southeern Japan, Taiwan and the Philippines.
 Diagnosis:  Snout rather blunt; eye diameter almost as long as snout; opercular spine strong and straight; hind margin of preopercle usually with 3 sharp spines; 2 median and a pair of basibranchial tooth patches; pseudobranchial filaments 2 or 3; 7-15 developed rakers on anterior arch; lower 5-11 pectoral fin rays free and longer than upper ones; precaudal vertebrae 13-16 (Ref. 34024).
 Biology:  Uncommon species (Ref. 34024). Oviparous, with oval pelagic eggs floating in a gelatinous mass (Ref. 205).
 IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated  (Ref. 96402)
 Threat to humans:  harmless
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 Entered by: Garilao, Cristina V. - 20.05.96
 Modified by: Capuli, Estelita Emily - 19.02.15
 Checked by: Capuli, Estelita Emily - 19.02.15

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