''Lepophidium'' is a
genus
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of
cusk-eel
The cusk-eel family, Ophidiidae, is a group of marine bony fishes in the Ophidiiformes order. The scientific name is from the Greek ''ophis'' meaning "snake", and refers to their eel-like appearance. True eels, however, diverged from other ray- ...
s.
Species
There are currently 21 recognized species in this genus:
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* '' Lepophidium aporrhox'' C. R. Robins, 1961 (Dusky cusk-eel)
* '' Lepophidium brevibarbe'' ( G. Cuvier, 1829) (Shortbeard cusk-eel)
* '' Lepophidium collettei'' C. R. Robins, ]R. H. Robins
Robert Henry Robins, FBA (1 July 1921 – 21 April 2000), affectionately known to his close ones as Bobby Robins, was a British linguist. Before his retirement, he spent his entire career at the Department of Phonetics and Linguistics at the ...
& M. E. Brown, 2012[Robins, C.R., Robins, R.H. & Brown, M.E. (2012): A revision of Lepophidium (Teleoastei, Ophidiidae), with descriptions of eight new species. ''Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History, 52 (1): 1-94.'']
* '' Lepophidium crossotum'' C. R. Robins, R. H. Robins
Robert Henry Robins, FBA (1 July 1921 – 21 April 2000), affectionately known to his close ones as Bobby Robins, was a British linguist. Before his retirement, he spent his entire career at the Department of Phonetics and Linguistics at the ...
& M. E. Brown, 2012[
* '' Lepophidium cultratum'' C. R. Robins, ]R. H. Robins
Robert Henry Robins, FBA (1 July 1921 – 21 April 2000), affectionately known to his close ones as Bobby Robins, was a British linguist. Before his retirement, he spent his entire career at the Department of Phonetics and Linguistics at the ...
& M. E. Brown, 2012[
* '' Lepophidium entomelan'' C. R. Robins, ]R. H. Robins
Robert Henry Robins, FBA (1 July 1921 – 21 April 2000), affectionately known to his close ones as Bobby Robins, was a British linguist. Before his retirement, he spent his entire career at the Department of Phonetics and Linguistics at the ...
& M. E. Brown, 2012[
* '' Lepophidium gilmorei'' C. R. Robins, ]R. H. Robins
Robert Henry Robins, FBA (1 July 1921 – 21 April 2000), affectionately known to his close ones as Bobby Robins, was a British linguist. Before his retirement, he spent his entire career at the Department of Phonetics and Linguistics at the ...
& M. E. Brown, 2012[
* '' Lepophidium jeannae'' Fowler, 1941 (Mottled cusk-eel)
* '' Lepophidium kallion'' C. R. Robins, 1959
* '' Lepophidium marmoratum'' ( Goode & T. H. Bean, 1885)
* '' Lepophidium microlepis'' ( C. H. Gilbert, 1890) (Silver cusk-eel)
* '' Lepophidium negropinna'' ]Hildebrand
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& F. O. Barton, 1949 (Specklefin cusk-eel)
* '' Lepophidium pardale'' ( C. H. Gilbert, 1890) (Leopard cusk-eel)
* '' Lepophidium pheromystax'' C. R. Robins, 1960 (Blackedge cusk-eel)
* '' Lepophidium profundorum'' ( T. N. Gill, 1863) (Blackrim cusk-eel)
* '' Lepophidium prorates'' ( D. S. Jordan & Bollman, 1890) (Prowspine cusk-eel)
* '' Lepophidium robustum'' C. R. Robins, R. H. Robins
Robert Henry Robins, FBA (1 July 1921 – 21 April 2000), affectionately known to his close ones as Bobby Robins, was a British linguist. Before his retirement, he spent his entire career at the Department of Phonetics and Linguistics at the ...
& M. E. Brown, 2012[
* '' Lepophidium staurophor'' C. R. Robins, 1959 (Barred cusk-eel)
* '' Lepophidium stigmatistium'' ( C. H. Gilbert, 1890) (Blotchfin cusk-eel)
* '' Lepophidium wileyi'' C. R. Robins, ]R. H. Robins
Robert Henry Robins, FBA (1 July 1921 – 21 April 2000), affectionately known to his close ones as Bobby Robins, was a British linguist. Before his retirement, he spent his entire career at the Department of Phonetics and Linguistics at the ...
& M. E. Brown, 2012[
* '' Lepophidium zophochir'' C. R. Robins, ]R. H. Robins
Robert Henry Robins, FBA (1 July 1921 – 21 April 2000), affectionately known to his close ones as Bobby Robins, was a British linguist. Before his retirement, he spent his entire career at the Department of Phonetics and Linguistics at the ...
& M. E. Brown, 2012[
]
References
Ophidiidae
Ray-finned fish genera
Taxa named by Theodore Gill
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