Author: Rosenblatt, 1961
FBname: Nocturnal pearlfish
Comments: Uncommon species (Ref. 34024).  Free-living adults are found on the outer shelf, usually deeper than 64 m over muddy sand bottoms (Ref. 36487).  Oviparous, with specialized vexillifer planktonic larval stage, and benthic tenuis larval stage (Ref. 36487).  Maximum depth from Ref. 58018.