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Lepophidium zophochir Robins, Robins & Brown, 2012

Sooty cusk-eel
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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Main Ref: Robins, C.R., R.H. Robins and M.E. Brown, 2012
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> Ophidiiformes (Cusk eels) > Ophidiidae (Cusk-eels) > Ophidiinae
Etymology: Lepophidium: Latin, lepus, leporis = rabbit + Greek, ophis = serpent (Ref. 45335);  zophochir: Named for the blackish pectoral fin ('zophos' meaning darkness and 'cheier' for hand or the pectoral fin)..

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecología

marino demersal; rango de profundidad 192 - 348 m (Ref. 91765).   Tropical; 13°N - 5°N, 75°W - 51°W (Ref. 91765)

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Western Atlantic: coast of northern South America from the Guianas to Trinidad and along the Caribbean coast of Venezuela and northern Colombia (off Barranquilla).

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 24.3 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 91765)

Short description Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría

Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 130 - 139; Radios blandos anales: 108 - 116; Vértebra: 74 - 77. This species possesses a pigmented gut and distinguished by the following characters: D 130-139; 74-77 total vertebrae; average body depth, 10.6% in SL; origin of dorsal fin, 11.4% in SL; origin of anal fin, 10.5% in SL; average long pelvic ray length, 8.8% in SL; pectoral fin length, 8.8% in SL; head and body with no pattern of spots, bars, or blotches (Ref. 91765).

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

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Robins, C.R., R.H. Robins and M.E. Brown, 2012. A revision of Lepophidium (Teleoastei, Ophidiidae), with descriptions of eight new species. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 52(1):1-94. (Ref. 91765)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

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