Species: Parasudis truculenta, Longnose Greeneye

Parasudis truculenta (Goode & Bean, 1895)

Longnose Greeneye

Body slender, compressed; head ~30% of SL, top profile ~straight; snout depressed, like a spatula, longer than wide, long (> eye length, length before eye 12.5-13.6% SL); eye large, length 8.9-10.5% SL, pupil teardrop shaped & with a pointed space before it; lower jaw protruding, with a knob on the chin; top jaw bone slightly expanded at rear, reaches just behind front of eye, with a single small extra bone above the expanded part; no teeth on tongue; some teeth at tip of lower jaws directed forwards; center of roof of mouth with a pair of large fangs; teeth on sides of roof of mouth strong, curved, depressible, larger than those on jaws, in a broad band on each side; lower gill rakers 10-14; fins without spines; dorsal fin in front 1/3 of body, its origin before pelvic fin origin; with more rays than anal fin (10 vs 9); a small skin-flap (adipose) 2nd dorsal fin at rear of body over center of anal fin; pectorals on midflank, inserted before origins of dorsal and anal fins, 15-16; anus nearer pelvic fins than anal fin, separated by 8-10 scales from base of pelvic fins; lateral line complete; scales smooth; 78-85 lateral scales.

Pale grey; eye green; dark around mouth; 4 dark saddles on back: 1 before dorsal fin, 2 behind, 1 on end of caudal peduncle; tip of dorsal and rear edge of tail fin broadly black.

Reaches ~25 cm

Lives on soft bottoms

Depth range 133- 1170 m

Tropical west Atlantic, Massachusetts to Brazil.