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Ophidiidae (Cusk-eels) > Ophidiinae
Etymology: Lepophidium: Latin, lepus, leporis = rabbit + Greek, ophis = serpent (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Dr Jeanne Schwengel née Sanderson (1889–1961) was a malacologist who was a research associate of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. She collected the cusk-eel holotype while dredging for molluscs. (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Fowler.
Umwelt: Milieu / Klimazone / Tiefenbereich / Verbreitungsgebiet
Ökologie
seewasser riff-verbunden; tiefenbereich 25 - 280 m (Ref. 91765), usually 25 - 100 m (Ref. 91765). Tropical; 37°N - 18°N, 96°W - 73°W (Ref. 91765)
Western Atlantic: S North Carolina through the Florida Keys and around the Gulf of Mexico; with one record from the Cuban side of the Straits of Florida.
Größe / Gewicht / Alter
Geschlechtsreife: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 29.6 cm SL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 91765)
Rückenflossenweichstrahlen (insgesamt) : 133 - 140; Afterflossenweichstrahlen: 110 - 119; Wirbelzahl: 73 - 77. Rostral spine long and curved, reaching tip of snout, without vertical basal component; peritoneum pale; no median basibranchial tooth patch; head extensively covered with imbricate rows of cycloid scales except for snout and throat; body tapering to point, dagger-shaped (Ref. 34024).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Uncommon species (Ref. 34024). Reported to reach 280 m depth (Ref. 7251). Oviparous, with oval pelagic eggs floating in a gelatinous mass (Ref. 205).
Lebenszyklus und Paarungsverhalten
Geschlechtsreife | Fortpflanzung | Ablaichen | Eier | Fruchtbarkeit | Larven
Robins, C.R., R.H. Robins and M.E. Brown, 2012. A revision of Lepophidium (Teleoastei, Ophidiidae), with descriptions of eight new species. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 52(1):1-94. (Ref. 91765)
IUCN Rote Liste Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Bedrohung für Menschen
Harmless
Nutzung durch Menschen
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Schätzungen auf der Grundlage von Modellen
Phylogenetischer Diversitätsindex (Ref. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.00245 (0.00105 - 0.00576), b=3.16 (2.98 - 3.34), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Trophische Ebene (Ref. 69278) |
3.7 ±0.7 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Widerstandsfähigkeit (Ref. 120179) |
mittel, Verdopplung der Population dauert 1,4 - 4,4 Jahre. (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
Anfälligkeit der Fischerei (Ref. 59153) |
Low to moderate vulnerability (34 of 100). 🛈 |
Nährstoffe (Ref. 124155) |
Calcium = 59.1 [32.2, 95.8] mg/100g; Iron = 0.667 [0.400, 1.119] mg/100g; Protein = 16.7 [14.2, 19.2] %; Omega3 = 0.129 [0.075, 0.236] g/100g; Selenium = 47.9 [25.0, 102.0] μg/100g; VitaminA = 131 [46, 360] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.15 [0.79, 1.58] mg/100g (wet weight); |