FB-70936 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70936 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Acropomatiformes Epigonidae Epigonus Epigonus zonatus Okamoto, Long, Claro & McCosker, 2025 Galapagos cusk-eel 2025-02-26 2025-02-26 Lea, R.N. and R. Robins0 Description of a new species of cusk-eel (Teleostei, Ophidiiformes, Ophidiidae, Ophidion) from the Galápagos Archipelago and Isla del Coco, long known but previously undescribed. Zootaxa 5497(2):292-298 (Ref. 133059) FB-DiagnosticDescr-70945 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Trisha Marie Santos 2025-03-04 00:00:00 2025-03-04 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70945 This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: D 141-154 (162, MCZ 40433); A 115-123 (131, MCZ 40433); vertebrae 72-75, precaudal 16-18, caudal 55-58; pectoral-fin rays 24-25, outer pelvic filaments long, exceeding pectoral length; pectoral fin approximately 60% pelvic-fin length; gill rakers on first arch 6, reduced rakers on upper limb 2 and developed rakers of moderate and equal length on lower limb 4; caudal-fin rays 4/5=9; branchiostegals 7 (Ref. 133059). Lea, R.N. and R. Robins 2024 Description of a new species of cusk-eel (Teleostei, Ophidiiformes, Ophidiidae, Ophidion) from the Galápagos Archipelago and Isla del Coco, long known but previously undescribed. Zootaxa 5497(2):292-298 (Ref. 133059) FB-Morphology-70945 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Trisha Marie Santos 2025-03-04 00:00:00 2025-03-04 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70945 Dorsal soft rays (total): 141 - 162; Analsoft rays: 115 - 131; Vertebrae: 72 - 75 Lea, R.N. and R. Robins 2024 Description of a new species of cusk-eel (Teleostei, Ophidiiformes, Ophidiidae, Ophidion) from the Galápagos Archipelago and Isla del Coco, long known but previously undescribed. Zootaxa 5497(2):292-298 (Ref. 133059) FB-Distribution-70945 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Trisha Marie Santos 2025-03-04 00:00:00 2025-03-04 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70945 Southeast Pacific: Galápagos Archipelago. Lea, R.N. and R. Robins 2024 Description of a new species of cusk-eel (Teleostei, Ophidiiformes, Ophidiidae, Ophidion) from the Galápagos Archipelago and Isla del Coco, long known but previously undescribed. Zootaxa 5497(2):292-298 (Ref. 133059) FB-Uses-70945 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Trisha Marie Santos 2025-03-04 00:00:00 2025-03-04 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70945 fisheries: of no interest FB-Size-70945 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Trisha Marie Santos 2025-03-04 00:00:00 2025-03-04 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70945 17.2 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 133059)) Lea, R.N. and R. Robins 2024 Description of a new species of cusk-eel (Teleostei, Ophidiiformes, Ophidiidae, Ophidion) from the Galápagos Archipelago and Isla del Coco, long known but previously undescribed. Zootaxa 5497(2):292-298 (Ref. 133059) 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-70945 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Trisha Marie Santos 2025-03-04 00:00:00 2025-03-04 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70945 demersal; marine; depth range 1 - 110 m (Ref. 133059) Lea, R.N. and R. Robins 2024 Description of a new species of cusk-eel (Teleostei, Ophidiiformes, Ophidiidae, Ophidion) from the Galápagos Archipelago and Isla del Coco, long known but previously undescribed. Zootaxa 5497(2):292-298 (Ref. 133059)