Luciobrotula sp. A

Description

General: Large head, snout depressed.

Geographic Information

Additional Information

Consulting taxonomist: Nielsen, Jorgen, G., Retired Associate Professor, Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen.

Taxonomist assessment: August 2012; closest recorded species in this genus is from Panama, so these are probably an undescribed species.

References

Encyclopedia of Life

Tree of Life

World Register of Marine Species

National Center for Biotechnology Information

Nielsen, J.G. (2009). A revision of the bathyal species Luciobrotula with two new species. Galathea Report, 22: 141-156.

Nielsen, J.G., D.M. Cohen, D.F. Markle, and C.R. Robins (1999). FAO Species Catalog: Ophidiiform fishes of the world (Order Ophidiiformes). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy. 178 pp.