Scientific Name
Dipulus multiradiatus
Common Name
Slender blindfish
Biology
Dorsal
soft rays
(total): 97-112;
Anal
soft rays: 57 - 64;
Vertebrae: 52 - 57. The species is distinguished by having a very elongate body; vertebrae 19-22 + 33-36 = 52-57,
dorsal fin rays 97-112, anal fin rays 57-64, D/A 42-51, V/A 23-26; body with scales; supraorbital pore behind eye present; lower preopercular pores 3, the 2 first tubular; posterior infraorbital pores 3; broad angle on ventral maxilla positioned behind rear of eye; exposed opercular
spine bent upwards; lower lip with skin folds; single pair of pseudoclaspers curved, hockey stick-like, thin; penis slightly shorter than pseudoclaspers, with hook at tip; otoliths rounded anteriorly and expanded posteriorly, without postdorsal angle, otolith length to height ratio
2.3-2.4, sulcus wide (Ref. 57886).