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Sun 31 Oct, 2004 02:43 am
Quote:Pacific Spookfish
Rhinochimaera pacifica (Mitsukuri, 1895)
The Pacific Spookfish has a long, flexible snout, small eyes and smooth tooth plates. It has two dorsal fins, the first is short-based and tall with a strong spine. The second is long-based and low.
This species has a long caudal fin, the upper lobe of which has a row of fleshy tubercles.
It is brown above and grey-brown below. It has a white snout and black teeth.
The Pacific Spookfish grows to over 1.2m in length (without the caudal filament).
Ugleeeeeeeeee little bastard isn't it?
but i can't see the two dorsal fins.
what exactly are tubercles?
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