Lepophidium entomelan Robins, Robins & Brown, 2012
Blackthroat cusk-eel
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 Family:  Ophidiidae (Cusk-eels), subfamily: Ophidiinae
 Max. size:  25.6 cm SL (male/unsexed)
 Environment:  demersal; depth range 55 - 439 m
 Distribution:  Western Atlantic: around the Gulf of Mexico and in the western Caribbean Sea from Mexico to Nicaragua.
 Diagnosis:  Dorsal soft rays (total): 125-133; Anal soft rays: 103-114; Vertebrae: 71-75. This species possess a pigmented gut; it differs from L. inca by the number of anal rays (103-112 vs. 112-121); from L. kallion and L. maroratum by the absence of any pattern of spots, bars, or blotches in the head and body; from L. maroratum by the long pelvic ray length as a percentage of standard length (4-7% vs. 10-14%) and the short pelvic ray length as a percentage of standard length (3-6% vs. 8-12%) (Ref. 91765).
 Biology: 
 IUCN Red List Status:   (Ref. 96402)
 Threat to humans:  harmless
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 Entered by: Capuli, Estelita Emily - 26.03.13

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