Scopelogadus mizolepis
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Melamphaidae (Ridgeheads)
Scopelogadus
Scopelogadus mizolepis
Description
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Characters
Oblong and sub-cylindrical body shape; relatively smooth head; relatively short dorsal fin; relatively large scales; smooth ridges on head; absent internarial spine; jaw teeth in single series; 6-8 gill rakers on epibranch and 15-18 on lower limb; 8 branchiostegal rays; head length 38-40% SL; upper jaw length 12-16% SL; body depth 23-27% SL; caudal peduncle length 30-37% SL; caudal peduncle depth 10-12% SL; pectoral fin with 14-16 rays; dorsal fin with 2 spines and 10-12 rays; pelvic fin inserts slightly anterior to pectoral fin insertion with 1 spine and 7 rays; anal fin originates under fourth- to sixth-from-last dorsal fin ray with 1 spine and 8 or 9 rays; deciduous scales with ill-defined pockets; 12 or fewer horizontal scale rows; absent cheek scales; minute to moderate head pores; 24-26 vertebrae
Dark brown to black
Distribution
Western Atlantic from Caribbean Sea to 30°N, including Gulf of Mexico
Habitat Associations
Tropical to warm temperate seas; adults below 500 m, postlarvae and juveniles from 50 to 300 m
Biology
Maximum known size is 94 mm SL
Trawled below 300 m (Ref. 4241).
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC), assessed 2014-07-15. Resilience: Low (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Phylogeny and Morphologically Similar Fishes
Distinguished from other species of the family by the combination of characters
Commercial or Environmental Importance
Fisheries: of no interest.
References
Ebeling 1962
Rass 1971
Ebeling and Weed 1963
Ebeling and Weed 1973
Uyeno et al. 1983
Keene et al. 1987
Ebeling, A.W. (1986) Melamphaidae. p. 427-432. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Uyeno, T., K. Matsuura and E. Fujii (eds.) (1983) Fishes trawled off Suriname and French Guiana. Japan Marine Fishery Resource Research Center, Tokyo, Japan. 519 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.
Hopkins, T.L., T.T. Sutton and T.M. Lancraft (1996) The trophic structure and predation impact of a low latitude midwater fish assemblage. Prog. Oceanog. 38:205-239.
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