Ophidion imitator Lea 1997

* Ophidion imitator Lea, 1997. 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...

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Main Authors: Love, Milton S., Bizzarro, Joseph J., Cornthwaite, Maria, Frable, Benjamin W., Maslenikov, Katherine P.
Format: Other/Unknown Material
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Published: 2021
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Online Access:https://zenodo.org/record/5822358
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5822358
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Summary:* Ophidion imitator Lea, 1997. 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). Published as part of Love, Milton S., Bizzarro, Joseph J., Cornthwaite, Maria, Frable, Benjamin W. & Maslenikov, Katherine P., 2021, Checklist of marine and estuarine fishes from the Alaska-Yukon Border, Beaufort Sea, to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, pp. 1-285 in Zootaxa 5053 (1) on page 83, DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.5053.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5578008