Ipnops murrayi
No common name
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Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fishes)
Aulopiformes
Ipnopidae
Ipnops
Ipnops murrayi
Description
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Characters
Elongate and slender body; depressed and spatulate snout; eyes represented by dorsally directed placques; body depth 8.9% SL; head length 20% SL; jaw teeth villiform in bands; vomer and palatine with small to minute teeth; eye represented by light-sensitive tissue under membranous bones, lacking lens and with small retinal rods; 10 or 11 branchiostegal rays; gill rakers lathlike with 3 on epibranch, 1 in corner, and 17 on lower limb of first arch; pectoral fin moderate size with 13 rays; dorsal fin with 9 rays; pelvic fin subthoracic with 8 rays; anal fin originating posterior to dorsal fin with 14 rays; dorsal adipose fin absent; caudal fin forked with ventral lobe longer than dorsal lobe; scales on cheeks, sides of head, body, and base of caudal fin; 53 lateral line scales; 55 to 61 vertebrae
Black with colorless margins on each scale pocket; head, branchiostegal membrane, and pharyngeal and abdominal lining black; color fades to dark brown in preservative
Distribution
Gulf of Mexico
Habitat Associations
Tropical to warm temperate Atlantic; captured on bottom from 1,463 to 3,518 m
Biology
Maximum known size is 152 mm SL
Inhabits the continental slope (Ref. 7300). Maximum depth from Ref. 58018.
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC), assessed 2018-10-11. Resilience: Medium (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Phylogeny and Morphologically Similar Fishes
Distinguished from other species of the family by the combination of characters described
Commercial or Environmental Importance
Fisheries: of no interest.
References
Grey 1958
Mead 1966d
Nielsen 1966
Anderson et al. 1985
Paxton, J.R., D.F. Hoese, G.R. Allen and J.E. Hanley (1989) Pisces. Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Zoological Catalogue of Australia, Vol. 7. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 665 p.
Weitkamp, D.E. and R.D. Sullivan (2003) Gas bubble disease in resident fish of the lower Clark Fork River. Trans. Am. Fish. Soc. 132(5):865-876.
Marshall, N.B. and J.C. Staiger (1975) Aspects of the structure, relationships, and biology of the deep-sea fish Ipnops murrayi (family Bathypteroidae). Bull. Mar. Sci. 25(1):101-111.
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