Lepophidium staurophor

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

Holotype: FMNH 64383. Paratypes: FMNH 64384 (1); UF 202349 [ex UMML 2349] (1); USNM 185695 (1).

Type locality: Western Caribbean Sea, 16°39'N, 81°43'W, Oregon station 1878, depth 125 fathoms (= 228.6 meters).[1]

English: Barred Cusk-eel

Robins, C. R.; 1959: Studies on fishes of the family Ophidiidae. -I. A new species of Lepophidium from the Caribbean Sea. Bulletin of Marine Science of the Gulf and Caribbean, 8 (4) [1958]: 360–368.
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 staurophor in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.