Microdesmus longipinnis

Author
Weymouth, 1910
Common Names
  • Pink Wormfish

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Min Depth
0 meters
Max Depth
60 meters
Overall Geographic Range
Atlantic. 35°N to Cayman Islands
Habitat-Biology
  • demersal
  • bay and nearshore
  • burrower
References

  • Dawson, C. E. 1962. A new gobiid fishes, Microdesmus lanceolatus, from the Gulf of Mexico, with notes on M, longipinnis (Weymouth). Copeia 1962: 330–336.

  • Dawson, C. E. 1974. A review of the Microdesmidae (Pisces: Gobiidae) I. Cerdale and Clarkichthys with descriptions of three new species. Copeia 1974: 409–448.

  • McEachran, J. D., and J. D. Fechhelm. 2005. Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico. Volume 2: Scorpaeniformes to Tetraodontiformes. University of Texas Press, Austin, TX. 1004 pp.

  • Thacker, B. A. 2002. Microdesmidae. Pp. 1797–1798 in K. E. Carpenter, ed. The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Atlantic. Vol. 3. Bony fishes part 2 (Opistognathidae to Molidae). FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes and American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Special Publication No. 5. FAO, Rome.

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, 05-08-2024.

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