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Monomitopus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Actinopterygii

Family
  
Ophidiidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Ophidiiformes

Rank
  
Genus

Monomitopus

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Monomitopus is a genus of cusk-eels. They are oviparous.

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.

Species

There are currently 14 recognized species in this genus:

  • 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

    Monomitopus Wikipedia
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