Luciobrotula corethromycter
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Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fishes)
Ophidiiformes (Pearlfishes and others)
Ophidiidae (Cusk-Eels)
Luciobrotula
Luciobrotula corethromycter
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Characters
Moderately broad and paddlelike dorsal fin with 92 to 103 rays; pelvic fins originate close together and posterior to tip of symphysis of cleithra; anal fin has 70 to 77 rays; caudal fin has 10 to 12 rays; head, body, and bases of pectoral, dorsal, and anal fins covered with small cycloid scales; lateral line tube incomplete; vertebrae number 53 to 56; head length 22.2% to 25%, snout length 5.6% to 6.7%, orbit length 2.2% to 2.7%, predorsal length 30.7% to 33.1%, preanal length 50.8% to 57%, and depth 13.8% to 16.9% of SL; pectoral fin relatively short with 27 or 28 rays; snout depressed with fleshy flaps and ridges at tip; anterior naris tubular; posterior naris large and circular; eye small; iris much smaller than lens; small granular teeth in broad bands in jaws, vomer, and palatine; one large unpaired and four paired branchial tooth patches; first gill arch with one gill raker in corner and two on lower limb; posterior margin of preoperculum free and lacks spines; opercular spine broad and bluntly tipped; branchiostegal rays number 8
Brown, with belly and fins (except for pelvic fins) darker brown
Distribution
Western Atlantic from the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea
Gulf of Mexico off the Mississippi River, west of the Florida Keys, and off Campeche
Habitat Associations
Depth range between 549 and 914 m
Biology
Food consists of caridean shrimp
Maximum known size is 534 mm SL
Not often encountered but probably locally abundant (Ref. 34024). Oviparous, with oval pelagic eggs floating in a gelatinous mass (Ref. 205).
Reproductive mode: dioecism; fertilization: external; nonguarders (open water/substratum egg scatterers); parental care: none.
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC), assessed 2014-07-09. Resilience: Medium (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Commercial or Environmental Importance
Fisheries: of no interest.
References
Cohen 1964b
Cohen 1974
Cohen and Nielsen 1978
Uyeno et al. 1983
Breder, C.M. and D.E. Rosen (1966) Modes of reproduction in fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey. 941 p.
Nielsen, J.G. (1990) Ophidiidae. p. 564-573. 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. 2.
Nielsen, J.G. (2009) A revision of the bathyal genus Luciobrotula (Teleostei, Ophidiidae) with two new species. Galathea Report 22:141-156.
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