FB-56389 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=56389 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Ophidiiformes Bythitidae Hephthocara Hephthocara crassiceps Smith & Radcliffe, 1913 Saccogaster melanomycter Cohen, 1981 2000-05-12 2021-10-22 Breder, C.M. and D.E. Rosen0 Modes of reproduction in fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey. 941 p. (Ref. 205) Eschmeyer, W.N. (ed.)0 Catalog of fishes. Updated database version of November 1999. Catalog databases as made available to FishBase in November 1999. (Ref. 33021) Nielsen, J.G., D.M. Cohen, D.F. Markle and C.R. Robins0 Ophidiiform fishes of the world (Order Ophidiiformes). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of pearlfishes, cusk-eels, brotulas and other ophidiiform fishes known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(18):178p. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 34024) Hilton-Taylor, C.0 2000 IUCN red list of threatened species. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. xviii + 61 p. (with 1 CD-ROM). (Ref. 36508) Nielsen, J.G., W. Schwarzhans and D.M. Cohen0 Revisions of Hastatobythites and Saccogaster (Teleostei, Bythitidae) with three new species and a new genus. Zootaxa 3579:1-36. (Ref. 93007) IUCN0 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. IUCN 2014. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded in June 2014. (Ref. 96402) FB-GeneralDescr-56395 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 2000-05-12 00:00:00 2021-10-22 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=56395 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Uses Rare species, known from a single specimen (Ref. 34024), apparently living on a shallow reef (Ref. 93007). Nielsen, J.G., W. Schwarzhans and D.M. Cohen 2012 Revisions of Hastatobythites and Saccogaster (Teleostei, Bythitidae) with three new species and a new genus. Zootaxa 3579:1-36. (Ref. 93007) FB-DiagnosticDescr-56395 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2014-08-12 00:00:00 2014-08-12 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=56395 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following characters: sooty black nasal chambers; few anal fin rays (37 vs. 49-54), few vertebrae (45 vs. 54-58), a wider head (12.0 % SL vs. 7.7-9.8 % SL); a pair of sub-dermal spines fused to form a broad ridge on frontal just behind eyes, a small, median, sub-dermal, ethmoidal spine just in front of eyes and an antero-ventrally directed spine at lower angle of preopercle (all spines covered by skin); anterior gill arch with 3 developed rakers, only slightly larger than the spiny knobs, gill filaments 7-8 times length of developed rakers; slightly prolonged pectoral peduncle; palatines with several tooth rows; vertebrae, precaudal 16 and total 45; fin rays, D 74, A 37, caudal 10 and pectoral 18 (Ref. 93007). Nielsen, J.G., W. Schwarzhans and D.M. Cohen 2012 Revisions of Hastatobythites and Saccogaster (Teleostei, Bythitidae) with three new species and a new genus. Zootaxa 3579:1-36. (Ref. 93007) FB-Morphology-56395 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2014-08-12 00:00:00 2014-08-12 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=56395 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Dorsal soft rays (total): 74; Analsoft rays: 37; Vertebrae: 45 Nielsen, J.G., W. Schwarzhans and D.M. Cohen 2012 Revisions of Hastatobythites and Saccogaster (Teleostei, Bythitidae) with three new species and a new genus. Zootaxa 3579:1-36. (Ref. 93007) FB-Distribution-56395 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 2000-05-12 00:00:00 2014-08-12 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=56395 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Western Central Atlantic: near Santa Marta, Colombia. Nielsen, J.G., D.M. Cohen, D.F. Markle and C.R. Robins 1999 Ophidiiform fishes of the world (Order Ophidiiformes). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of pearlfishes, cusk-eels, brotulas and other ophidiiform fishes known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(18):178p. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 34024) FB-Uses-56395 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 2000-05-12 00:00:00 2021-10-22 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=56395 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats fisheries: of no interest Nielsen, J.G., D.M. Cohen, D.F. Markle and C.R. Robins 1999 Ophidiiform fishes of the world (Order Ophidiiformes). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of pearlfishes, cusk-eels, brotulas and other ophidiiform fishes known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(18):178p. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 34024) FB-Size-56395 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 2000-05-12 00:00:00 2021-10-22 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=56395 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat 6.6 cm SL (female) Nielsen, J.G., W. Schwarzhans and D.M. Cohen 2012 Revisions of Hastatobythites and Saccogaster (Teleostei, Bythitidae) with three new species and a new genus. Zootaxa 3579:1-36. (Ref. 93007) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-56395 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 2000-05-12 00:00:00 2021-10-22 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=56395 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats reef-associated; marine; depth range ? - 8 m (Ref. 34024) Nielsen, J.G., D.M. Cohen, D.F. Markle and C.R. Robins 1999 Ophidiiform fishes of the world (Order Ophidiiformes). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of pearlfishes, cusk-eels, brotulas and other ophidiiform fishes known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(18):178p. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 34024)