FB-7554 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=7554 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Ophidiiformes Ophidiidae Lepophidium Lepophidium pheromystax Robins, 1960 Blackedge cusk-eel Upsilon cusk-eel Brotule tachetée Hanten-tsuno-ashiro Congriperla bigotona Perla Perla manchada Perla pintada 围唇鳞鼬鳚 圍唇鱗鼬鳚 1993-03-04 2024-08-16 Breder, C.M. and D.E. Rosen0 Modes of reproduction in fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey. 941 p. (Ref. 205) Cervigón, F., R. Cipriani, W. Fischer, L. Garibaldi, M. Hendrickx, A.J. Lemus, R. Márquez, J.M. Poutiers, G. Robaina and B. Rodriguez0 Fichas FAO de identificación de especies para los fines de la pesca. Guía de campo de las especies comerciales marinas y de aquas salobres de la costa septentrional de Sur América. FAO, Rome. 513 p. Preparado con el financiamento de la Comisión de Comunidades Europeas y de NORAD. (Ref. 5217) Cervigón, F.0 Los peces marinos de Venezuela. Second edition. Volume 1. 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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=7554 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Morphology http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Lephe_u0.gif http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/gif/tn_Lephe_u0.gif FB-GeneralDescr-7554 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=7554 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Common species (Ref. 34024). Found on the continental shelf, on soft bottom (Ref. 5217). Oviparous, with oval pelagic eggs floating 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-7554 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 1998-01-21 00:00:00 2014-09-09 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=7554 This species is characterized by the following: usual number of vertebrae, precaudal 15 (14), caudal 56-57 (54-58), total 71-72 (69-72); fin rays, dorsal 127-130 (125-133), anal 106-108 (104-112) pectoral 20-21 (22); pyloric caeca usually 3 (1-4), most often with 2 in one tier and 1 in second, when 4, they are 3+1; first gill arch with rudimentary rakers 2 on the upper arm, 4 (rarely 5) developed rakers on the lower limb, usually 2 (1-3) rudimentary rakers anteriorly on the first arch; total rakers usually 8-9; dorsal-fin origin between neural spines 2-3 (18 specimens) or 3-4 (11 specimens), in most instances is almost directly over neural spine 3 (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-7554 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 1998-01-21 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=7554 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#TrophicStrategy Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 127 - 130; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 104 - 112; Vertebrae: 69 - 72 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-7554 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Liza Q. Agustin 1993-03-04 00:00:00 2014-08-01 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=7554 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Western Atlantic: along the northern coast of South America from Colombia to Cabo Orange, Brazil (north of the mouth of the Amazon); including Gulf of Campeche, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, shelf area from northern Puerto Rico to the US Virgin Islands. 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-7554 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=7554 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats fisheries: bycatch FB-Size-7554 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/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=7554 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat 27.0 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/ FAO General public 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-7554 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=7554 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution demersal; marine; depth range 27 - 165 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. 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