Orange Eelpout, Dipulus caecus Waite 1905
Other Names: Blindfish
An Orange Eelpout, Dipulus caecus, at night in the Swan River estuary, Western Australia, August 2018. Source: jmartincrossley / iNaturalist.org. License: CC by Attribution-NonCommercial
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Bray, D.J. 2018, Dipulus caecus in Fishes of Australia, accessed 26 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/4066
Orange Eelpout, Dipulus caecus Waite 1905
More Info
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Distribution |
Endemic to Western Australia, from Cape Leeuwin to Point Quobba. |
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Features |
Dorsal fin 161-191; Anal fin 109-124; Vertebrae 22-25 + 57-65 = 79-87. Body very elongate, almost eel-like; broad angle on ventral maxilla positioned behind rear of eye; exposed opercular spine small, short, straight; lower lip with prominent skin folds; D/A 58-75, V/A 27-2. Scales absent; no supraorbital pore behind eye; lower preopercular pores 2; posterior infraorbital pores 3. Single pair of pseudoclaspers curved outwards, with narrow base and pointed tip, with broadly expanded fleshy flaps anteriorly and posteriorly; penis small, less than half the length of pseudoclaspers, with hook at tip; otoliths pointed anteriorly, rounded posteriorly, predorsal angle more pronounced than postdorsal angle. |
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Species Citation |
Dipulus caecus Waite 1905, Records of the Australian Museum 6(2): 78, pl. 11(2). Type locality: Fremantle, Western Australia |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2018 |
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Resources |
Orange Eelpout, Dipulus caecus Waite 1905
References
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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.
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