First report of crested cusk-eel, Ophidion josephi (Actinopterygii: Ophidiiformes: Ophidiidae), in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico

The crested cusk-eel, Ophidion josephi Girard, 1858, is a coastal marine species that is distributed in the northwestern Atlantic, from the northern Gulf of Mexico to Georgia, USA. Eighteen specimens (177–230 mm in standard length) were caught by beach purse seine at a depth of about 5 m, in Veracru...

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Main Authors: Luis Fernando Del Moral-Flores, Janeth Rodríguez-González, María de Lourdes Jiménez-Badillo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2022-08-01
Series:Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria
Online Access:https://aiep.pensoft.net/article/86571/download/pdf/