FB-56390 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=56390 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Ophidiiformes Bythitidae Hephthocara Hephthocara simum Alcock, 1892 Saccogaster normae Cohen & Nielsen, 1972 2000-05-12 2022-05-20 Breder, C.M. and D.E. Rosen0 Modes of reproduction in fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey. 941 p. (Ref. 205) 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) Anonymous0 Fish collection database of the National Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian Institution). Smithsonian Institution-Division of Fishes. (Ref. 38732) Béarez, P.0 Lista de los peces marinos del Ecuador continental. Rev. Biol. Trop. 44(2):731-741. (Ref. 40498) 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) Beolens, B., M. Grayson and M. Watkins0 Eponym dictionary of Fishes. Dunbeath, Caithness (Scotland, UK): Whittles Publishing Limited, 1300 p. (Ref. 128868) FB-GeneralDescr-56396 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 2000-05-12 00:00:00 2022-01-31 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=56396 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Rare species, known from two specimens (Ref. 34024). A viviparous species living on the lower part of the continental shelf (80-150 m). Four examined female specimens are with well-developed eggs but apparently no embryos. Sections of ripe testes show that the spermatozoans are arranged in spermatophores (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-56396 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=56396 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#DiagnosticDescription This species is distinguished from it congeners by the following characters: gill filaments on anterior arch is 4-5 times the length of the developed rakers; a pair of very small, subdermal, closely set spines on frontal plate above and behind eyes, absence of spine on ethmoid; anterior arch with 2-3 developed rakers, not much longer than spiny knobs; gill filaments on anterior arch 4-5 times length of developed rakers; palatines 2-4 tooth rows; prolonged pectoral peduncle adnate to body; vertebrae, precaudal 14-16 and total 54-56; fin rays, D 83-87, A 51-54, caudal 12-13, pectoral 17-19 (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-56396 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=56396 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Morphology Dorsal soft rays (total): 83 - 87; Analsoft rays: 51 - 54; Vertebrae: 54 - 56 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-56396 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 2000-05-12 00:00:00 2025-11-05 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=56396 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Southeast Pacific: off Peru to Costa Rica. 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-56396 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 2000-05-12 00:00:00 2022-01-31 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=56396 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Uses 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-56396 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 2000-05-12 00:00:00 2022-01-31 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=56396 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Migration 14.2 cm (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#LifeCycle 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-56396 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 2000-05-12 00:00:00 2022-01-31 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=56396 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#TrophicStrategy demersal; marine; depth range 80 - 150 m (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)