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First reported records of the leopard cusk‐eel Lepophidium pardale (Ophidioidei: Ophidiidae) off the west coast of Baja California Sur, México

First reported records of the leopard cusk‐eel Lepophidium pardale (Ophidioidei: Ophidiidae) off... The family Ophidiidae contains 48 genera and 222 species, distributed mainly in tropical and temperate waters of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans ( Nelson, 2006 ). Nineteen of these species, including the leopard cusk‐eel, Lepophidium pardale (Gilbert, 1890), inhabit the continental shelf of the tropical Eastern Pacific ( Robertson and Allen, 2002 ). Lepophidium pardale grows to a length of 260 mm; its vertical range is 6–100 m ( Lea, 1995 ; Chirichigno and Vélez, 1998 ). The previously known distribution of L. pardale ranges from Southern Baja California and the Gulf of California ( Robertson and Allen, 2002 ) to Isla Lobos de Afuera, Peru ( Chirichigno and Vélez, 1998 ). As a demersal species it is commonly captured in shrimp trawls at moderate depths offshore. There is no published information on sightings off the west coast of Baja California Sur, except from the most southern part. The Marine Vertebrates Collection of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD ( http://www‐sioadm.ucsd.edu/siofish ), has a record (SIO 64‐867) of a leopard cusk‐eel from the position 23°33′N, 110°23′W ( Love et al., 2005 ). During demersal trawl surveys along the west coast of the State of Baja California Sur http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Applied Ichthyology Wiley

First reported records of the leopard cusk‐eel Lepophidium pardale (Ophidioidei: Ophidiidae) off the west coast of Baja California Sur, México

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Journal compilation © 2008 Blackwell Verlag, Berlin. No claim to original Mexican government works
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0175-8659
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1439-0426
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10.1111/j.1439-0426.2008.01110.x
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The family Ophidiidae contains 48 genera and 222 species, distributed mainly in tropical and temperate waters of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans ( Nelson, 2006 ). Nineteen of these species, including the leopard cusk‐eel, Lepophidium pardale (Gilbert, 1890), inhabit the continental shelf of the tropical Eastern Pacific ( Robertson and Allen, 2002 ). Lepophidium pardale grows to a length of 260 mm; its vertical range is 6–100 m ( Lea, 1995 ; Chirichigno and Vélez, 1998 ). The previously known distribution of L. pardale ranges from Southern Baja California and the Gulf of California ( Robertson and Allen, 2002 ) to Isla Lobos de Afuera, Peru ( Chirichigno and Vélez, 1998 ). As a demersal species it is commonly captured in shrimp trawls at moderate depths offshore. There is no published information on sightings off the west coast of Baja California Sur, except from the most southern part. The Marine Vertebrates Collection of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD ( http://www‐sioadm.ucsd.edu/siofish ), has a record (SIO 64‐867) of a leopard cusk‐eel from the position 23°33′N, 110°23′W ( Love et al., 2005 ). During demersal trawl surveys along the west coast of the State of Baja California Sur

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Journal of Applied Ichthyology – Wiley

Published: Oct 1, 2008

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