Lepophidium cultratum, Blackear cusk-eel

Lepophidium cultratum Robins, Robins & Brown, 2012

Blackear cusk-eel
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Ophidiiformes (Cusk eels) > Ophidiidae (Cusk-eels) > Ophidiinae
Etymology: Lepophidium: Latin, lepus, leporis = rabbit + Greek, ophis = serpent (Ref. 45335); cultratum: Name from the Latin 'cultratus', meaning knife-shaped.

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

Marine; benthopelagic; depth range 91 - 329 m (Ref. 91765). Tropical; 18°N - 5°N, 85°W - 50°W (Ref. 91765)

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Western Atlantic: southern Caribbean Sea from eastern Honduras and southern Nicaragua to French Guiana.

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 30.8 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 91765)

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 128 - 137; Anal soft rays: 105 - 112; Vertebrae: 70 - 74. This species is characterized by the following: head and body without pattern; differs L. crossotum, L. kallion, and L. wileyi in lacking a fringed snout; no large spot in the dorsal fin; lacks the distally expanded anterior rib or haltere (?) in males (Ref. 91765).
Body shape (shape guide): eel-like; Cross section: compressed.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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Robins, C.R., R.H. Robins and M.E. Brown, 2012. A revision of Lepophidium (Teleoastei, Ophidiidae), with descriptions of eight new species. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 52(1):1-94. (Ref. 91765)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 29 January 2013

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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