Author: Giorna, 1809
FBname: Crested oarfish
Remark: Species spelling Eschmeyer, pers. comm.
Comments: A rare (Ref. 4165), oceanic, mesopelagic species.  Occasionally stranded in shallow water (Ref. 9563).  Capable of discharging a black ink from an ink-sac in the cloaca when alarmed.  Adults feed on fishes (anchovies) and squids (Ref. 6740).  Oviparous, with planktonic eggs and larvae (Ref. 36608).  Found in stomachs of tunas (Ref. 2850).