Scientific Name
Brachiopsilus dossenus
Common Name
Humpback Handfish
Biology
Dorsal
soft rays
(total): 19;
Anal
soft rays: 10. Member of the genus Brachiopsilus with a combination of the following characters: esca
small, 23?30% of illicium length; illicium smooth, thin, not exceedingly fleshy, length 13?16% SL, 3.1?3.6 times in head length, 2.1?2.3 times in length of second dorsal-fin spine; apex of esca situated above anterior half of eye when illicium adpressed; esca slightly wider than illicial stem, covered with dense, short, filaments; head slightly compressed; eye large (horizontal diameter 7?9% SL); mouth narrow; lips fleshy with prominent vertical folds; body and fins entirely naked (except for scales associated with pores of the acoustico-lateralis system and minute, deeply embedded scale and spinule fragments); long first dorsal-fin base (length 29?30% SL); second dorsal-fin rays 17, fin base 77?79% SL; length of second dorsal-fin spine 1.1?1.2 times length of longest ray of second dorsal fin; 10 anal-fin rays, length of anal-fin base 40?44% SL