Lepophidium brevibarbe

Author
Cuvier, 1829
Common Names
  • Shortbeard Cusk-eel
  • Blackedge Cusk-eel

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Min Depth
0 meters
Max Depth
90 meters
Overall Geographic Range
Florida to Brazil
Habitat-Biology
  • demersal
  • soft substrate (muds, sands, clays)
References

  • McEachran, J. D., and J. D. Fechhelm. 1998. Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico. Volume 1: Myxiniformes to Gasterosteiformes. University of Texas Press, Austin, Texas. 1112 p.

  • Nielsen, J. G., and C. R. Robins. 2002. Ophidiidae. Pp. 965–972 in K. E. Carpenter, ed. The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Atlantic. Vol. 2. Bony fishes part 1 (Acipenseridae to Grammatidae). FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes and American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Special Publication No. 5. FAO, Rome.

  • Robins, C. R. 1959. Studies on fishes of the family Ophidiidae. Part 3, A new species of Lepophidium from Barbados. Breviora 104: 1–7.

  • Robins, C. R. 1986. The status of the ophidiid fishes Ophidium brevibarbe Cuvier, Ophidium graellsi Poey, and Leptophidium profundorum Gill. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 99: 384–387.

Species Notes

None noted.

Source

McEachran, J. D. 2009. Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

GulfBase Citation

Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies. 2016. GulfBase: Resource Database for Gulf of Mexico Research, Education, and Management. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.gulfbase.org, 05-04-2024.

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