Tenuicephalichthys multitrabs Schwarzhans & Møller 2021

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Bray, D.J. 2026, Tenuicephalichthys multitrabs in Fishes of Australia, accessed 05 Jun 2026, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/5792

Tenuicephalichthys multitrabs Schwarzhans & Møller 2021

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Distribution	Australia's Christmas Island Territory in the Eastern Indian Ocean. Elsewhere the species occurs in the Indian Ocean (except for its northern part) and the western Pacific.
Features	Precaudal vertebrae 14-16, loin vertebrae 3-5 the last precaudal vertebrae without ribs; first gill arch with long gill rakers 18-21; pectoral-fin rays 16-18. HL:HD 1.38-1.63; maximal HD:HD through centre of eye 1.35-1.70; weak head spines on ethmoidal, interorbital and 5th infraorbital; opercular spine sharp and extruding; opercular flap is moderately large; vomer narrow, naked or with few teeth or one row of teeth; palatines narrow with 1-3 rows of teeth; basibranchial tooth patch small, narrow with 1-3 rows of teeth; otolith large, 11.5-14.5 % in HL, with single colliculum; OL:OH = 1.22-1.34; OL:TCL = 2.46-2.92.
Etymology	The specific name multitrabs is from the Latin multi (= many, multi) and trabs (= club, spar), in reference to the many long gill rakers in this species as compared with those of Tenuicephalichthys melampeplus.
Species Citation	Tenuicephalus multitrabs Schwarzhans & Møller 2021, Zootaxa 5029(1): 77, Figs. 4B, 39-40. Type locality: Lagonoy Gulf, Philippines, 13°20'30"N, 124°16'30"E, depth 1037-1100 metres.
Author	Bray, D.J. 2026
Resources	Atlas of Living Australia Australian Faunal Directory Catalog of Fishes

Tenuicephalichthys multitrabs Schwarzhans & Møller 2021

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Schwarzhans, W. & Møller, P.R. 2021. Revision of the ‘dragon-head’ cusk eels of the genus Porogadus (Teleostei: Ophidiidae), with description of eight new species and one new genus. Zootaxa 5029(1): 1-96. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5029.1.1

Erratum - Schwarzhans, W. & Møller, P.R. 2021. Revision of the ‘dragon-head’ cusk eels of the genus Porogadus (Teleostei: Ophidiidae), with description of eight new species and one new genus. Zootaxa 5029(1): 1-96.Zootaxa 5492(4): 600 https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5492.4.9