Lepophidium prorates (Jordan & Bollman 1890)
- Dataset
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Actinopterygii
- order
- Ophidiiformes
- family
- Ophidiidae
- genus
- Lepophidium
- species
- Lepophidium prorates
description
Prowspine Cusk-eel or Spinesnout Brotula. To 35.5 cm (14 in) TL (Rodríguez-Romero et al. 2008). Isla de Cedros, central Baja California (Personal communication: Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History Fish Collection, Los Angeles, California); Gulf of California (Robins et al. 2012) to Paita, Peru (Chirichigno 1974), including Gulf of California (Allen and Robertson 1994). Depth: 3 – 367 m (10 – 1,204 ft) (min.: Robins et al. 2012; max.: Zeballos Flor et al. 1998).