Author: Risso, 1810
Parophidion vassali Risso, 1810
Status in World Register of Marine Species:
Accepted name: Parophidion vassali (Risso, 1810) (updated 2009-06-25)
Diagnosis: long and slender body. Rostral spine weak or absent. Anterior gill arch with 4 elongate rakers. Dorsal finrays 127-135, anal finrays 100-110. Colour: brownish; fins red. Size: to about 250 mm SL.
Habitat: on the deeper parts of the continental shelf. Food: no data. Reproduction: oviparous.
Distribution: western Mediterranean, from Gibraltar to the Adriatic Sea.
Eggs, larvae and young stages. Padoa, 1956: 755.
Otoliths (sagitta). Bauzá-Rullán, 1956: 5.