Monomitopus
| Monomitopus | |
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| M. agassizii | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Ophidiiformes |
| Family: | Ophidiidae |
| Subfamily: | Neobythitinae |
| Genus: | Monomitopus Alcock, 1890 |
| Type species | |
| Sirembo nigripinnis Alcock 1889[1]
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Monomitopus is a genus of cusk-eels.[2][1] They are oviparous.[3]
Life cycle[]
Analysis of stable oxygen isotope composition of otoliths has shown that and 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.[3]
Species[]
There are currently 14 recognized species in this genus:[4]
- (Goode & T. H. Bean, 1896)
- (, 1971)
- (Alcock, 1896)
- (H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1913)
- D. S. Jordan & C. L. Hubbs, 1925
- H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1913
- & , 1985
- (Garman, 1899)
- (Vaillant, 1888)
- H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1913
- (Alcock, 1889)
- H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1913
- Garman, 1899
- (, 1971) (Spearcheek cusk)
References[]
- ^ a b Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Monomitopus""". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
- ^ Nelson, J. S. (2006). Fishes of the World (4 ed.). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons. p. 246. ISBN 978-0-471-25031-9.
- ^ a b Chang, N. N.; Liu, E. Y.; Liao, Y. C.; Shiao, J. C. (2015). "Vertical habitat shift of viviparous and oviparous deep-sea cusk eels revealed by otolith microstructure and stable-isotope composition". Journal of Fish Biology. 86 (2): 845–853. doi:10.1111/jfb.12605. PMID 25613184.
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). Species of Monomitopus in FishBase. January 2016 version.
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