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Lepophidium pheromystax Robins, 1960

Blackedge cusk-eel
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Virgin Islands (US) country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Museum: North of St. Thomas, FMNH 65952 (2: 15.5-15.6 cm SL) (Ref. 51183).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/vq.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Dennis, G.D., D. Hensley, P.L. Colin and J.J. Kimmel, 2004
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Ophidiiformes (Cusk eels) > Ophidiidae (Cusk-eels) > Ophidiinae
Etymology: Lepophidium: Latin, lepus, leporis = rabbit + Greek, ophis = serpent (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Robins.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; demersal; depth range 27 - 165 m (Ref. 91765).   Tropical; 21°N - 2°N, 97°W - 49°W (Ref. 91765)

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