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sharp teeth. The large gill opening is located behind the base of the pectoral fin but extends to its front too. The dorsal fin is divided into two with the first comprising 3 separate spines in the head with a few spines within a membrane above the pectoral fin while the second is supported by 8 soft rays. The first spine on the head is the angling pole, the illicium, has a flap of flesh, the esca, with a cirrus at its tip and more cirri at its base, this is used as a lure to attract prey to within reach of the large mouth. There is a scattering of skin flaps on the head and body. The overall color is uniformly light brown to dark brown or it may be gray or pale brown blotched with dark brown. There are small white dots on the upper body. The first dorsal fin spine is dark, darkest towards the tip but the esca is pale. This species has a maximum published
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has a wide, flattened head and front of the body with a thinner body behind that. The snout is narrow with a pair of smooth ridges which run from the snout to the eyes and the bone behind the eye has a spine, with another spine at the symphysis of the jaws. The wide mouth is armed with numerous long,
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Richards, William J. Early stages of
Atlantic fishes: an identification guide for the western central North Atlantic. Boca Raton, FL: Taylor & Francis, 2006. Print.
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means "mane" and is presumably a reference to the first 3 spines of the first dorsal fin which are tentacle-like, with 3 smaller spines behind them. The specific name,
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may need to be clarified. This species is found at depths between 347 and 860 m (1,138 and 2,822 ft), typically in deep coral reefs and the rubble of
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south along the coast of South
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