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Original author and source must be properly acknowledged WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=7552 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Leapo_u0.gif http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/gif/tn_Leapo_u0.gif FB-GeneralDescr-7552 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Liza Q. Agustin 1993-03-04 00:00:00 2024-08-16 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=7552 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Uses Uncommon species (Ref. 34024). Found on the continental shelf, on soft bottoms (Ref. 5217). Oviparous, with oval pelagic eggs floating in a gelatinous mass (Ref. 205). Consumed fresh (Ref. 5217). 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-7552 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 2000-10-05 00:00:00 2013-03-25 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=7552 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#TrophicStrategy 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). 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-7552 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 2000-10-05 00:00:00 2013-03-25 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=7552 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Dorsal soft rays (total): 106 - 115; Analsoft rays: 92 - 100; Vertebrae: 62 - 66 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-7552 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Liza Q. Agustin 1993-03-04 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=7552 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Western Central Atlantic: Caribbean Sea, from Honduras to Trinidad and along the Atlantic Coast of northern South America, to at least as far as French Guiana. 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-Uses-7552 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Liza Q. Agustin 1993-03-04 00:00:00 2024-08-16 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=7552 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat fisheries: bycatch FB-Size-7552 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Liza Q. Agustin 1993-03-04 00:00:00 2024-08-16 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ FAO General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=7552 18.9 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#Distribution 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-7552 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Liza Q. Agustin 1993-03-04 00:00:00 2024-08-16 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=7552 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Uses demersal; marine; depth range 46 - 186 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)