Oneirodidae

Oneirodes sanjeevani

Oneirodes sanjeevani

• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Indian Ocean
• Small

Oneirodes sanjeevani is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Oneirodidae, the dreamers, a family of deep sea anglerfishes known by a single specimen which was described in March 2017. The holotype was recovered by midwater trawling in the Indian Ocean west of the Maldives at 00.87°S, 67.59°E from a depth between 380 and 600 meters. The holotype, a female, has a standard length of 6.9 cm (2.7 in), with 5 soft rays in its dorsal fin and 4 in its anal fin.