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Monomitopus
Sign in to saveMonomitopus is a genus of cusk-eels. They are oviparous.
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Vinony's link graph records 7 inbound references to Monomitopus, and connects out to Animalia, International Standard Book Number and Chordata.
Vinony files it under Marine fish genera, Ophidiidae and Taxa named by Alfred William Alcock.
Vinony links it to 7 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
クマイタチウオ属
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderOphidiiformes
- FamilyOphidiidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 198
- With media
- 28
- Family
- Ophidiidae
- Collections
- TCWC, NMV
- Recorded in
- United States, Australia
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Ophidiidae
- Image
- Monomitopus agassizii.jpg
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- Monomitopus
- taxon name
- Monomitopus
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Monomitopus
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Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- Life cycle
- Species
- References
Monomitopus is a genus of cusk-eels. They are oviparous.
==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. The larvae of these species have been reported to coil tightly and drift in the pelagic until settlement. A subset of species have been found to have a bilaterally paired hole or fenestra in the skull.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Monomitopus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.