Lepophidium profundorum

Lepophidium profundorum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ophidiiformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Ophidiaria Ordo: Ophidiiformes

Familia: Ophidiidae
Subfamilia: Ophidiinae
Genus: Lepophidium
Species: Lepophidium profundorum

Name

• Lepophidium profundorum (Gill, 1863)

Holotype (unique): USNM 6472.

Type locality: U.S.A., Gulf Stream off Florida, depth 30 fathoms.[1]

Synonyms

• Leptophidium profundorum Gill, 1863
• Leptophidium cervinum Goode & Bean, 1885
  • Lepophidium cervinum (Goode & Bean, 1885) -- Jordan & Evermann, 1898

Vernacular names

English: Fawn Cusk-eel

References

• Gill, T. N.; 1863: Description of a new generic type of ophidioids. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 15: 209–211.
• Goode, G. B. & Bean, T. H.; 1885: Description of Leptophidium cervinum and L. marmoratum, new fishes from deep water off the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 8 (533): 422–424.BHL
• Jordan, D. S. & Evermann, B. W.; 1898: The fishes of North and Middle America: a descriptive catalogue of the species of fish-like vertebrates found in the waters of North America north of the Isthmus of Panama. Part III. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, No. 47: 2183a–3136.
• Robins, C.R.; Robins, R.H.; Brown, M.E. 2012: A revision of Lepophidium (Teleostei, Ophidiidae), with descriptions of eight new species. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 52(1): 1-93. Reference page. 
• Lepophidium profundorum in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.