Biology:Monomitopus
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Short description: Genus of fishes
| Monomitopus | |
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| M. agassizii | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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 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.[3] The larvae of these species have been reported to coil tightly and drift in the pelagic until settlement[4].
Species
There are currently 15 recognized species in this genus:[5]
- Monomitopus ainonaka Girard, Carter & Johnson, 2023[4]
- 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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Monomitopus". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?genid=4422.
- ↑ Nelson, J. S. (2006). Fishes of the World (4 ed.). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons. p. 246. ISBN 978-0-471-25031-9.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 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.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Girard, Matthew G.; Carter, H. Jacque; Johnson, G. David (2023-08-15). "New species of Monomitopus (Ophidiidae) from Hawaiʻi, with the description of a larval coiling behavior" (in en). Zootaxa 5330 (2): 265–279. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5330.2.5. ISSN 1175-5334. https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5330.2.5.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). Species of Monomitopus in FishBase. January 2016 version.
Wikidata ☰ Q1924300 entry
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