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FishBase 1 thumbnail  •  slide show español Overview Main identification features body: black bars and spots d:10 black blotches a: black Elongate, eel-like; head low, compressed; tail compressed, tapering to a point; snout spine strong, reaching tip of upper jaw; short head, small mouth; eye relatively large, diameter ~27% of head length; upper jaw ends at rear edge of eye; teeth on jaws small, simple, in bands; first gill arch with 9 rakers; dorsal and anal fins low, confluent with tail; dorsal fin origin well before middle of pectoral fin; dorsal ~117 rays; anal ~100 rays; pectoral fin short, reaching less than 1/2 way to anal fin; pelvics small threads inserted under eye; scales round, small, in regular rows, on head extending to between or before eyes, on cheeks and opercle; ~228 lateral scales. Body light olive; a series of 8 black bars along upper half of back, alternating with smaller black spots along top of back; a series of eye-sized dark spots along mid-side; sides and lower parts of head and body speckled with black; dorsal pale, with 10 elongate black blotches; tail dusky at base; anal black; gill chamber white. Size: 21 cm. Habitat: demersal on sandy and muddy bottoms. Depth: 6-90 m. Southern Baja and the Gulf of California to Peru. Attributes Abundance: Common. Cites: Not listed. Climate Zone: North Temperate (Californian Province &/or Northern Gulf of California); Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap); Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos); Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo); South Temperate (Peruvian Province ). Depth Range Max: 90 m. Depth Range Min: 6 m. Diet: bony fishes; mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs). Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=31; Southern limit=-6; Western limit=-113; Eastern limit=-78; Latitudinal range=37; Longitudinal range=35. Egg Type: Pelagic; Pelagic larva. Feeding Group: Carnivore. FishBase Habitat: Demersal. Global Endemism: Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic; East Pacific endemic; All species. Habitat: Mud; Sand & gravel; Soft bottom (mud, sand,gravel, beach, estuary & mangrove); Soft bottom only. Inshore Offshore: Inshore; Inshore Only. IUCN Red List: Not evaluated / Listed. Length Max: 21 cm. Regional Endemism: Continent; Continent only; TEP endemic; Continental TEP endemic; 3 provinces (Cortez + Mexican + Panamic) endemic; All species. Residency: Resident. Salinity: Marine; Marine Only. Water Column Position: Bottom; Bottom only; Names Scientific source: Integrated Taxonomic Information System Links to other sites Fishbase Catalog of Fishes Integrated Taxonomic Information System References Béarez, P., 1996., Lista de los Peces Marinos del Ecuador Continental., Revista de Biologia Tropical, 44:731-741. Findley, L.T., Hendrickx, M.E., Brusca, R.C., van der Heiden, A.M., Hastings, P.A., Torre, J., 2003., Diversidad de la Macrofauna Marina del Golfo de California, Mexico., CD-ROM versión 1.0. Projecto de la Macrofauna del Golfo .  Derechos reservados de los autores y Conservación Internacional. Fischer , W. , Krup , F. , Schneider , W. , Sommer , C. , Carpenter , K. E. and Niem, V. H., 1995., Guia FAO para la Identificacion de Especies de para los fines de la Pesca. Pacifico Centro-Oriental. Volumen III. Vertebrados - Parte 2., FAO3:1201-1813. Galván-Magaña, F., Gutiérrez-Sánchez, F., Abitia-Cárdenas, L.A., Rodríguez-Romero, J., 2000., The distribution and affinities of the shore fishes of the Baja California Sur lagoons. In Aquatic Ecosystems of Mexico: Status and Scope. Eds. M. Manuwar, S.G. Lawrence, I.F. Manuwar & D.F. Malley. Ecovision World Monograph Series., Backhuys Publishers:383-398. Gilbert, C.H., 1890., A preliminary report on the fishes collected by the steamer "Albatross" on the Pacific coast of North America during the year 1889, with descriptions of twelve new genera and ninety-two new species., Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 13:49-126. Jimenez-Prado, P., Béarez, P., 2004., Peces marinos del Ecuador continental / Marine fishes of continental Ecuador., SIMBIOE/NAZCA/IFEA tomo 1 y 2. Jordan , D.S. and Evermann, B.W., 1898., The fishes of North and Middle America: a descriptive catalogue of the species of fish-like vertebrates found in the waters of North America, north of the Isthmus of Panama. Part III., Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus., 47:2183-3136. Lea, R. N., 1997., A new and unique ophidiine cusk-eel from the panamic region of the eastern north pacific., Bull. Mar. Sci., 60:960-965. Lopez , M. I. and Bussing, W. A., 1982., Lista provisional de los peces marinos de la Costa Rica., Revista de Biologia Tropical, 30(1):5-26. Love, M.S., Mecklenburg, C.W., Mecklenburg, T.A., Thorsteinson, L.K., 2005., es of the West Coast and Alaska: a checklist of North Pacific and Artic Ocena species from Baja California to the Alaska-Yukon border., U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, 288pp. Robins, C. R., 1962., Studies on fishes of the Family Ophidiidae-VII. The Pacific Species of Lepophidium., Copeia, 1962:487-498. Rubio, E.A., 1988., Estudio taxonomico de la ictiofauna acompañante del camaron en areas costeras del Pacifico de Colombia., Memorias del VI Seminario Nacional de las Ciencias del Mar. Comisión Colombiana de Oceanografía. Bogota, Colombia., :169-183. Van der Heiden , A. M. and Findley, L. T., 1988., Lista de los peces marinos del sur de Sinaloa, México., Anales del Centro de Ciencias del Mar y Limnologia de la Universidad Autonoma Nacional de Mexico, 15:209-224. Acknowledgements Ross Robertson, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute I thank Ashley MacDonald and John Pickering, University of Georgia, for technical support in building this page. Supported by National Biological Information Infrastructure National Science Foundation go to Discover Life's Facebook group Following modified from FishBase    Top | See original http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Lepophidium&speciesname=pardale ---> http://fishbase.de/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Lepophidium&speciesname=pardale http://fishbase.de/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Lepophidium&speciesname=pardale ---> https://fishbase.de/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Lepophidium&speciesname=pardale https://fishbase.de/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Lepophidium&speciesname=pardale ---> http://fishbase.de/summary/Lepophidium-pardale.html http://fishbase.de/summary/Lepophidium-pardale.html ---> https://fishbase.de/summary/Lepophidium-pardale.html You can sponsor this page Common name (e.g. trout) contains begins with begins with ends with is Genus + Species (e.g. Gadus morhua) About this page More Info Plus d'info Mais info Languages Arabic Bahasa/Malay Bangla Chinese(Si) Chinese(Tr) Deutsch English Español Farsi Français Greek Hindi Italiano Japanese Lao Nederlands Português(Br) Português(Pt) Russian Swedish Thai Vietnamese User feedbacks Comments &   Corrections Fish Forum Guest Book Facebook Citation Uploads Attach website Upload photo Upload video Upload   references Fish Watcher Related species Species in    Lepophidium Species in    Ophidiidae - Classification - Ophidiinae Ophidiidae Ophidiiformes Teleostei Chordata Animalia Lepophidium pardale ( Gilbert , 1890 ) Leopard cusk eel Add your observation in Fish Watcher Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050 This map was computer-generated and has not yet been reviewed. Lepophidium pardale   AquaMaps   Data sources: GBIF OBIS Upload your photos  and  videos Pictures | Google image Lepophidium pardale Picture by Amezcua Linares, F. 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: Gilbert . Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology Marine; demersal; depth range 6 - 250 m (Ref. 55763 ). Tropical; 32°N - 10°S, 116°W - 75°W (Ref. 91765 ) Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri Eastern Pacific: Gulf of California, Mexico to northern Peru (off Chiclayo) and along the outer coast of Baja California; offshore at Isla del Coco, Costa Rica, in the Islas Perlas, Panama, and Galapagos (record needs confirmation). Size / Weight / Age Maturity: L m   ?   range ? - ? cm Max length : 24.8 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 91765 ) Short description Morphology | Morphometrics Dorsal soft rays (total): 129-142; Anal soft rays : 109 - 121; Vertebrae : 70 - 75. This species is characterized by the following: usual number of vertebrae, precaudal 15 (14), caudal 57-58 (56-60), total 72-73 (70-75); fin rays, dorsal 128-133 (125-137), anal 108-111 (106-116) pectoral 22-23 (21-24); pyloric caeca 3-5, usually 3 in one tier, 1 in second, sometimes 4+1 or 2+1+1 (3 tiers); first gill arch with rudimentary rakers 3 (rarely 2) on the upper arm, 1-3 rudimentary rakers (0-4) anteriorly on lower limb; total rakers usually 9 (8-12); dorsal-fin origin between neural spines 3-4 (27 specimens) or 4-5 (9 specimens) (Ref. 91765 ). Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic) Uncommon species (Ref. 34024 ) inhabiting sandy and muddy bottoms (Ref. 9329 ). Reproductive strategy possibly similar to other members of this family featuring oviparity, with oval pelagic eggs floating in a gelatinous mass (Ref. 205 ). Biology little known (Ref. 9329 ). Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator | Collaborators 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 )   Least Concern (LC)  ; Date assessed: 23 May 2007 CITES Not Evaluated CMS (Ref. 116361 ) Not Evaluated Threat to humans   Harmless Human uses FAO - Publication: search | FishSource | More information Countries FAO areas Ecosystems Occurrences Introductions Stocks Ecology Diet Food items Food consumption Ration Common names Synonyms Metabolism Predators Ecotoxicology Reproduction Maturity Spawning Spawning aggregation Fecundity Eggs Egg development Age/Size Growth Length-weight Length-length Length-frequencies Morphometrics Morphology Larvae Larval dynamics Recruitment Abundance BRUVS References Aquaculture Aquaculture profile Strains Genetics Electrophoreses Heritability Diseases Processing Nutrients Mass conversion Collaborators Pictures Stamps, Coins Misc. 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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804 ):  PD 50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00219 (0.00121 - 0.00397), b=3.20 (3.04 - 3.36), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245 ). Trophic level (Ref. 69278 ):  3.6   ±0.7 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives Resilience (Ref. 120179 ):  High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153 ):  Low vulnerability (20 of 100). 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