Leucicorus Garman 1899
- 1. Zoological Museum, Natural History Museum of Denmark, Universitetsparken 15, 2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark and Ahrensburger Weg 103, 22359 Hamburg, Germany
- 2. Zoological Museum, Natural History Museum of Denmark, Universitetsparken 15, 2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark. jgnielsen @ snm. ku. dk
- 3. Ocean Research Explorations, P. O. Box 235926, Honolulu, HI 96823, USA. mundyichthyo @ gmail. com
Description
Leucicorus Garman, 1899
Leucicorus Garman, 1899: 146
(type species by monotypy Leucicorus lusciosus Garman, 1899).
Leucicorus: Nielsen 1974: 348; Nielsen 1975: 106; Nielsen et al. 1999: 73.
Diagnosis. Elongate ophidiid with tapering tail. Scales on body, present or reduced on head. Median fins confluent. Pelvic fins with two rays in each. Mouth terminal. Infraorbital bones fragile and much expanded, almost covering maxillaries. Orbit large, equal in length to snout. Eye large, bulged, eye lens degenerated, except large in L. lentibus n. sp. Infraorbital, supraorbital and preopercular head canals extremely widened, covered with skin (when preserved), containing small pores. Opercular spine pointed, but weak. Posttemporal with a posterior, flap-like extension reaching beyond the opercle, bearing posterior part of supraorbital canal. Anterior nostril midway between upper lip and posterior nostril. Teeth small and pointed in irregular rows. No fangs. A single median basibranchial tooth-plate. 17–22 long gill rakers.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Ophidiidae
- Genus
- Leucicorus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Ophidiiformes
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Scientific name authorship
- Garman
- Taxon rank
- genus
- Taxonomic concept label
- Leucicorus Garman, 1899 sec. Schwarzhans, Nielsen & Mundy, 2022
References
- Garman, S. (1899) The fishes. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 24, 1 - 431.
- Nielsen, J. G. (1974) List of ophidioid fishes from the 14 th cruise of the " Akademik Kurchatov " with a new species of Aphyonus. Trudy Instituta Okeanologii, 100, 348 - 353. [translation No. 72 from NOAA, Washington, D. C.]
- Nielsen, J. G. (1975) A review of the oviparous ophidioid fishes of the genus Leucicorus, with description of a new Atlantic species. Trudy Instituta Okeanologii, 101, 106 - 123. [translation No. 74 from NOAA, Washington, D. C.]
- Nielsen, J. G., Cohen, D. M., Markle, D. F. & Robins, C. R. (1999) Ophidiiform fishes of the world (order Ophidiiformes). FAO species catalogue, 18, 1 - 178.