Monomitopus
| Monomitopus | |
|---|---|
 | |
| M. agassizii | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Ophidiiformes |
| Family: | Ophidiidae |
| Genus: | Monomitopus Alcock, 1890 |
Monomitopus is a genus of cusk-eels.[1][2] They are oviparous.[3]
Analysis of stable oxygen isotope composition of otoliths has shown that Monomitopus pallidus and Monomitopus kumae undergo an ontogenetic habitat shift, spending their early life pelagically in shallower waters, before descending to the deep-sea floor where they stay for rest of their lives.[3]
Species
There are currently 14 recognized species in this genus:[4]
- Monomitopus agassizii (Goode & T. H. Bean, 1896)
- Monomitopus americanus (J. G. Nielsen, 1971)
- Monomitopus conjugator (Alcock, 1896)
- Monomitopus garmani (H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1913)
- Monomitopus kumae D. S. Jordan & C. L. Hubbs, 1925
- Monomitopus longiceps H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1913
- Monomitopus magnus H. J. Carter & Cohen, 1985
- Monomitopus malispinosus (Garman, 1899)
- Monomitopus metriostoma (Vaillant, 1888)
- Monomitopus microlepis H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1913
- Monomitopus nigripinnis (Alcock, 1889)
- Monomitopus pallidus H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1913
- Monomitopus torvus Garman, 1899
- Monomitopus vitiazi (J. G. Nielsen, 1971) (Spearcheek cusk)
References
- ↑ Nelson, J. S. (2006). Fishes of the World (4 ed.). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons. p. 246. ISBN 978-0-471-25031-9.
- ↑ Eschmeyer, W. N., R. Fricke, and R. van der Laan (eds) (1 July 2016). "Catalog of Fishes". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
- 1 2 Chang, N. N.; Liu, E. Y.; Liao, Y. C.; Shiao, J. C. (2015). "Vertical habitat shift of viviparous and oviparous deep-sea cusk eels revealed by otolith microstructure and stable-isotope composition". Journal of Fish Biology. 86 (2): 845–853. doi:10.1111/jfb.12605.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2016). Species of Monomitopus in FishBase. January 2016 version.
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