- Classification
- ACTINOPTERYGII
- OPHIDIIFORMES
- OPHIDIIDAE
- Lamprogrammus
- shcherbachevi
Scaleline Cusk, Lamprogrammus shcherbachevi Cohen & Rohr 1993
A Scaleline Cusk, Lamprogrammus shcherbachevi, from the NE Atlantic, MNHN-IC-2004-1174. Source: MNHN/ FishBase. License: CC by Attribution-NonCommercial
Summary:
A rare deepwater benthopelagic cusk found in all major oceans.
Cite this page as:
Bray, D.J. 2022, Lamprogrammus shcherbachevi in Fishes of Australia, accessed 19 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/1689
Scaleline Cusk, Lamprogrammus shcherbachevi Cohen & Rohr 1993
More Info
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Distribution |
250km NW of Port Hedland, Western Australia. Elsewhere the species occurs in the northwest Atlantic and is circumglobal in southern waters. |
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Features |
Dorsal fin 131-140; Anal fin 104-117; Vertebrae 71-74. Body elongate. compressed; dorsal fin originating on head above operculum. |
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Similar Species |
Differs from other species of the genus in having a basibranchial tooth patch, the maxillary sheathed posteriodorsally, many flat spines posteriorly on the opercle, and five stiff projections on the rear margin of the preopercle. |
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Species Citation |
Lamprogrammus shcherbachevi Cohen & Rohr 1993, Copeia 1993(2): 470, figs 1-2. Type locality: off Antofagasta, Chile, 0-1000m [23°39.5´S, 72°43´W]. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2022 |
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Resources |
Scaleline Cusk, Lamprogrammus shcherbachevi Cohen & Rohr 1993
References
Cohen, D.M. & Rohr, B.A. 1993. Description of a giant circumglobal Lamprogrammus species (Pisces: Ophidiidae). Copeia 1993(2): 470-475 figs 1-2 https://doi.org/10.2307/1447147
Fahay, M.P. & Nielsen, J.G. 2003. Ontogenetic evidence supporting a relationship between Brotulotaenia and Lamprogrammus (Ophidiiformes: Ophidiidae) based on the morphology of exterilium and rubaniform larvae. Ichthyological Research 50(3): 209-220.
Fukui, A. & Kuroda, H. 2007. Larvae of Lamprogrammus shcherbachevi (Ophidiiformes: Ophidiidae) from the western North Pacific Ocean. Ichthyological Research 54: 74–80. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10228-006-0381-z
Knudsen, S. 2015. Lamprogrammus shcherbachevi. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T60471916A60799353. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T60471916A60799353.en. Downloaded on 16 March 2017.
Nielsen, J.G., Cohen, D.M., Markle, D.F. & Robins, C.R. 1999. Ophidiiform Fishes of the World. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of pearlfishes, cusk-eels, brotulas and other ophidiiform species known to date. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 125 Vol. 18. 178 pp.
Nielsen, J.G. & Schwarzhans, W. 2000. Lamprogrammus shcherbachevi (Ophidiidae) from the North Atlantic. Cybium 24(2): 205-206 See ref online
