FB-67429 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67429 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Gobiiformes Gobiidae Antilligobius Antilligobius nikkiae Van Tassell & Colin, 2012 Robust cusk-eel 2014-07-15 2021-02-04 Robins, C.R., R.H. Robins and M.E. Brown0 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-67438 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2014-08-01 00:00:00 2014-08-01 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67438 This species is distinguished by the following characters: presence of rudimentary rakers alternating with developed rakers on the lower gill arch (also only for Lepophidium aporrhox); total number of gill raker elements greater than its congeners except L. aporrhox. This species is distinguished from L. apporhox by having 14 precaudal vertebrae (vs. 12-13); 54-56 caudal vertebrae (vs. 49-53); 68-70 total vertebrae (vs. 61-66); 123-126 dorsal rays (vs. 106-115), and 102-107 anal rays (vs. 92-100), and by having a long pelvic ray length as a percentage of standard length (9-10% vs. 13-18% (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-67438 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2014-08-01 00:00:00 2014-08-01 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67438 Dorsal soft rays (total): 123 - 126; Analsoft rays: 102 - 107; Vertebrae: 68 - 71 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-67438 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2014-08-01 00:00:00 2025-11-05 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67438 Western Atlantic: Caribbean Sea (from western Panama to north of Trinidad). 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-Size-67438 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2014-08-01 00:00:00 2014-08-01 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67438 23.0 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/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 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-67438 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2014-08-01 00:00:00 2014-08-01 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67438 benthopelagic; marine; depth range 101 - 261 m (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)