Labichthys carinatus
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Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fishes)
Anguilliformes (True Eels)
Nemichthyidae (Snipe Eels)
Labichthys
Labichthys carinatus
Description
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Characters
Elongate and strongly compressed body; anus under pectoral fin base; unfilamentous caudal region; upper jaw longer than lower jaw with spatulate knobs at tips; eye length 33-44% of distance from postorbital margin to upper end of pectoral fin base; dermal ridges on occiput, medial to nostrils, behind anterior nostril, on snout, and on nape; 10-13 infraorbital and 5 or 6 supraorbital head pores; 12-14 pectoral fin rays; anterior-most dorsal fin rays closer together; lateral line pores in single row, 170-191 total, 8-13 preanal, 4-6 predorsal; 172-181 total vertebrae, 5 or 6 predorsal, 9-11 preanal
Light brown with dark anterior nostril tube; mature males have short jaws and dorsal fin originating anterior to pectoral fin base
Distribution
Georges Bank and Bermuda to southern Brazil, including the eastern Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea, and the Bahamas
Habitat Associations
Below 1,200 m in the Atlantic, central Pacific, and western Indian Oceans
Biology
Maximum known size is 800 mm TL
Meso- and bathypelagic (Ref. 58302). Minimum depth from Ref. 58018.
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC), assessed 2019-11-15. Resilience: Medium (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Phylogeny and Morphologically Similar Fishes
Distinguished from other species of the family by the combination of characters described
References
Nielsen and Smith 1978
Smith and Nielsen 1989
Smith 1989n
Smith, D.G. (1990) Nemichthyidae. p. 199-202. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 1.
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