Exechodontes daidaleus
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Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fishes)
Perciformes (Perciformes, Also Called the Acanthopteri)
Zoarcidae (Eelpouts)
Exechodontes
Exechodontes daidaleus
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Characters
Elongate and compressed posteriorly; pores of lateral line canal absent on head and body; pelvic fins long but partially covered by skin; head small, snout very bluntly rounded; eye relatively large but does not enter dorsal profile of head; mouth small, slightly oblique, and terminal to subterminal; lower jaw included in upper; upper jaw extending to below anterior margin of pupil; grooves behind lips interrupted at symphyses of jaws; upper jaw not protrusible; teeth in upper jaw small and in a single row; teeth in lower jaw small and in two rows; vomer has two teeth; palatine lacks teeth; gill slit extends ventrally almost to ventral margin of pectoral fin base; gill rakers on first arch absent on upper limb and number 9 to 12 on lower limb; branchiostegal rays number 6; head length about 14% SL, head width about 7% SL, snout length about 4% SL, eye length about 3% SL, interorbital width about 4% SL, upper jaw length about 6% SL, body depth about 8% SL; pectoral fin has a rounded margin and 13 to 15 rays; dorsal fin originates behind pectoral fin base and has 86 rays; anal fin has 79 rays; pelvic fin has 2 or 3 rays; vertebrae number 91 to 97: 18 to 21 precaudal and 72 to 78 caudal
Very pale yellowish brown, with large scattered brown melanophores more concentrated on ventral one-third than on dorsal two-thirds of body
Distribution
Western Atlantic from northeastern Florida and Cuba to the northern Gulf of Mexico
In the Gulf of Mexico it occurs from the Dry Tortugas to Louisiana
Habitat Associations
Between 219 and 1,004 m
Biology
Maximum known size is 113 mm SL
Known along the continental shelf; inhabits hard bottom areas under the Florida Current and on muddy bottoms with isolated hard substrate in the northern Gulf (Ref. 11954).
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC), assessed 2018-10-12. Resilience: Medium (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
References
DeWitt 1977
Anderson 1994
Anderson, M.E. (1994) Systematics and osteology of the Zoarcidae (Teleostei: Perciformes). Ichthyol. Bull. J.L.B. Smith Inst. Ichthyol. 60:120 p.
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