FB-13930 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=13930 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Ophidiiformes Ophidiidae Lepophidium Lepophidium microlepis (Gilbert, 1890) Specklefin cusk eel Specklefin cusk-eel Congriperle tacheté Congrioperla pintada Congriperla pinta Congriperla pintada Culona Culona alimoteada 黑鰭鱗鼬鳚 黑鳍鳞鼬鳚 Lepophidium microlepis (non Gilbert, 1890) 1995-07-12 2024-05-23 ASIH (American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists)0 Ontogeny and systematics of fishes. Based on an international symposium dedicated to the memory of Elbert Halvor Ahlstrom, 15-18 August 1983, La Jolla, California. Spec. Publ. Am. Soc. Ichthyol. Herpetol. 1:ix, 760 p. (Ref. 63) Breder, C.M. and D.E. Rosen0 Modes of reproduction in fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey. 941 p. (Ref. 205) Lea, R.N.0 Ophidiidae. Brótolas, congriperlas. p. 1342-1348. In W. Fischer, F. Krupp, W. Schneider, C. Sommer, K.E. Carpenter and V. Niem (eds.) 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Retrieved from htttps://www.fao.org/fishery/collection/asfis/en [accessed May, 2018] (Ref. 118272) FB-pic-13931-5310 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/gif FAO 1995-08-11 1996-04-11 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. Image can be freely copied and altered but may be used only for non-commercial purposes. Original author and source must be properly acknowledged WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=13931 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Leneg_u0.gif http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/gif/tn_Leneg_u0.gif FB-GeneralDescr-13931 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 1995-07-12 00:00:00 2024-05-23 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=13931 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Common species (Ref. 34024). Adults inhabit soft bottoms, from shallow waters to moderate depths (Ref. 9329). Oviparous, with planktonic larvae (Ref. 36413). Oval, pelagic eggs float in a gelatinous mass (Ref. 205). Robins, C.R., R.H. Robins and M.E. Brown 2012 A revision of <i>Lepophidium</i> (Teleoastei, Ophidiidae), with descriptions of eight new species. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 52(1):1-94. (Ref. 91765) FB-DiagnosticDescr-13931 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 2000-10-05 00:00:00 2014-09-09 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=13931 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat This species is characterized by the following: usual number of vertebrae, precaudal 16 (14-17), caudal 60-62 (59-64), total 76-78 (75-80); fin rays, dorsal 138-146 (134-148), anal 117-120 (111-123) pectoral 23-24 (21-25); pyloric caeca 4-5 (3-6), usually 3-4 in one whorl, 1-2 in second tier, sometimes 1 in a third tier; first gill arch with rudimentary rakers 3 (2-4) on the upper arm, 4 (sometimes 5) developed but short rakers on lower arm, rudiments anterior on the first arch vary from 1-10 (usually 5-8); total rakers 12-16 (9-18) with most of the variations due to the rudiments; dorsal-fin origin between neural spines 4-5 (26 specimens) or 3-4 (17 specimens) (Ref. 91765). Robins, C.R., R.H. Robins and M.E. Brown 2012 A revision of <i>Lepophidium</i> (Teleoastei, Ophidiidae), with descriptions of eight new species. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 52(1):1-94. (Ref. 91765) FB-Morphology-13931 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 2000-10-05 00:00:00 2014-09-09 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ FAO General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=13931 Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 134 - 148; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 111 - 123; Vertebrae: 75 - 80 Robins, C.R., R.H. Robins and M.E. Brown 2012 A revision of <i>Lepophidium</i> (Teleoastei, Ophidiidae), with descriptions of eight new species. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 52(1):1-94. (Ref. 91765) FB-Distribution-13931 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 1995-07-12 00:00:00 2025-11-05 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ FAO General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=13931 Eastern Pacific: Gulf of California, outer coast of Baja California, and off northwestern South America. Nielsen, J.G., D.M. Cohen, D.F. Markle and C.R. Robins 1999 Ophidiiform fishes of the world (Order Ophidiiformes). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of pearlfishes, cusk-eels, brotulas and other ophidiiform fishes known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(18):178p. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 34024) FB-Uses-13931 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 1995-07-12 00:00:00 2024-05-23 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ John E. Randall General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=13931 fisheries: of potential interest Nielsen, J.G., D.M. Cohen, D.F. Markle and C.R. Robins 1999 Ophidiiform fishes of the world (Order Ophidiiformes). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of pearlfishes, cusk-eels, brotulas and other ophidiiform fishes known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(18):178p. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 34024) FB-LifeCycle-13931 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1995-07-12 00:00:00 2024-05-23 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ John E. Randall General public http://www.fishbase.org//Reproduction/FishReproSummary.php?ID=13931&StockCode=13901 Oviparous (Ref. 36413). Ambrose, D.A. 1996 Ophidiidae: cusk-eels. p. 513-531. In H.G. Moser (ed.) The early stages of fishes in the California Current region. California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations (CalCOFI) Atlas No. 33. 1505p. (Ref. 36413) FB-Size-13931 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 1995-07-12 00:00:00 2024-05-23 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=13931 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#DiagnosticDescription 52.7 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 91765)) Robins, C.R., R.H. Robins and M.E. Brown 2012 A revision of <i>Lepophidium</i> (Teleoastei, Ophidiidae), with descriptions of eight new species. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 52(1):1-94. (Ref. 91765) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Morphology Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-13931 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 1995-07-12 00:00:00 2024-05-23 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=13931 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution demersal; marine; depth range 40 - 390 m (Ref. 34024) Nielsen, J.G., D.M. Cohen, D.F. Markle and C.R. Robins 1999 Ophidiiform fishes of the world (Order Ophidiiformes). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of pearlfishes, cusk-eels, brotulas and other ophidiiform fishes known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(18):178p. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 34024)