© Copyright Gerald Allen, 2006 · 0 Otophidium indefatigabile Click on map for details about points. 80x5 - 240x3 - 240x4 - 320x1 - 320x2 - 320x3 - 640x1 - 640x2 Set display option above. Click on image to enlarge. © Copyright Gerald Allen, 2006 · 0 Otophidium see all kinds   •  1 thumbnail  •  slide show Kinds Otophidium chickcharney, Ghost Cusk-eel Otophidium dormitator, Sleeper Cusk-eel Otophidium indefatigabile, Bighead Cusk Eel Otophidium omostigmum, Polka-dot Cusk-eel español Overview Main identification features crest between eyes; snout: 2 spines, 1 points back back - 9-12 dark bars; front dorsal fin white OTOPHIDIUM CUSK-EELS Body relatively short, compressed, tapering to rear; eye large; between eyes with thin crest under skin, leading to 2 compressed spines on snout, one pointing forward, the other backward; mouth large, under slightly overhanging snout; opercle with sharp, partly hidden spine; dorsal and anal fins confluent with pointed tail fin; each pelvic fin with 2 unequal rays, inserted under eye; scales small, rounded, in regular rows, more or less overlapping, none on head. The genus, with 4 species, is restricted to the neotropics. A single, endemic species occurs in the tropical eastern Pacific. References Béarez, P., 1996., Lista de los Peces Marinos del Ecuador Continental., Revista de Biologia Tropical, 44:731-741. Cohen , D.M. and Nielsen, J.G., 1978., Guide to the identification of genera of the fish order Ophidiiformes with a tentative classification of the order., NOAA Tech. Rept., \. 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. Gilbert, C.H., 1891., Scientific results of explorations by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer "Albatross". A supplementary list of fishes collected at the Galapagos Islands and Panama, with descriptions of one new genus and three new species., Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 13:449-455. 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 Bollman, C.H., 1890., Descriptions of new species of fishes collected at the Galapagos Islands and along the coast of the United States of Colombia, 1887-88, by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer 'Albatross'., Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 12:149-183. Lea, R. N., 1980., Systematics and zoogeogaphy of cusk-eels of the family Ophidiidae, subfamily Ophiddinae, from the eastern pacific ocean., University of Miami:188pp. 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. Snodgrass , R. E. and Heller, E., 1905., Papers from the Hopkins Stanford Galapagos expedition, 1898-1899. XVII. Shorefishes of the Revillagigedo, Clipperton, Cocos and Galapagos Island., Proc. Wash. Acad. Sci., 6:333-427. 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 Updated: 2024-05-06 19:43:43 gmt Discover Life | Top © Designed by The Polistes Corporation