![Ruvettus pretiosus](https://ncfishes.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Oilfish-Ruvettus-pretiosus-1024x319.jpg)
Family | Scientific Name | Author | Year | Common Name |
Gempylidae | Ruvettus pretiosus | Cocco | 1833 | Oilfish |
Ruvettus pretiosus
Unique Characters: Body coffee-brown. Greenish pupil. Skin very rough; scales medium-sized, interspersed with spinous bony tubercles. Dorsal fin low with 13-15 spine. Lateral line single straight posteriorly. Midventral keel on belly. Dorsal-fin elements, including finlets, less than 55. Distance from anus to anal-fin origin much shorter than snout length, about equal to eye diameter. Caudal peduncle without keels.
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Similar Species: None
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