Ophidion imitator Lea 1997
- Dataset
- Checklist of marine and estuarine fishes from the Alaska-Yukon Border, Beaufort Sea, to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Actinopterygii
- order
- Ophidiiformes
- family
- Ophidiidae
- genus
- Ophidion
- species
- Ophidion imitator
description
Mimic Cusk-eel. To 20 cm (7.9 in) TL (Robertson and Allen 2002). Off Cabo San Lucas, southern Baja California and Mazatlán to Gulf of Panama (Lea 1997). Benthic; depth: surface (nightlight; Personal communication: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Fish Collection, La Jolla, California), 18 – 402 m (59 – 1,319 ft) (min.: Lea 1997; max.: Personal communication: Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History Fish Collection, Los Angeles, California). All adults have been taken in waters greater than 40 m (132 ft) deep (Lea 1980).
Name
- Homonyms
- Ophidion imitator Lea 1997