Scientific Name
Diancistrus mennei
Common Name
Menne's coralbrotula
Biology
Dorsal
soft rays
(total): 80-86;
Anal
soft rays: 62 - 68;
Vertebrae: 44 - 46. The species is characterized by the following: vertebrae 11+34=45, dorsal fin rays 88, anal fin rays 69; large eyes (3.4% SL), D/V 6; outer pseudoclasper moderately large, short (about 1 ? length of inner pseudoclasper), wing-shaped, flat with broad base; inner pseudoclasper joined to outer pseudoclasper anteriorly, with thin, sharp, slightly anteriorly directed single-pointed tip extending over anterior part of outer pseudoclasper; moderately broad scale patch on cheek with 5 scale rows on upper cheek, large scale patch on operculum above opercular spine (8 scales); head is broad, rather flat dorsally; otolith slender, length to height ratio 2.2 (Ref. 57884).