Fishes from the Puerto Rico Plateau
Fishes from the Puerto Rico Plateau
Fishes from the Puerto Rico Plateau
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34 Dennis Marine <strong>Fishes</strong> of <strong>the</strong> <strong>Puerto</strong> <strong>Rico</strong> <strong>Plateau</strong> December 2000<br />
Ophidion nocomis Robins & Böhlke, 1959<br />
Dennis et al. (in prep), (1: 86 mm SL), rotenone, sandy bottom, 12 m, Crashboat Basin, Aguadilla [UPRM 2691]; (4:<br />
63-77 mm TL), 22 m, Crashboat Basin, Aguadilla [UF 218229]; (1: 69.5), rotenone, 22 m, sand with Halophila,<br />
Crashboat Basin, Aguadilla [ANSP 142868 same lot as UF 218229].<br />
cusk-eel.<br />
Parophidion schmidti (Woods & Kanazawa, 1951)<br />
Randall (1963a), as Parophidion sp., collected, artificial reef, Lesser Lameshur Bay, St. John.<br />
Kimmel (1975), (28), algal mat; (4), rock outcrops; (2), sandy bottom; Punta Las Tunas.<br />
Yoshioka (1975e), rotenone, rocky shoreline, Punta Higuero.<br />
Dunne & Brown (1979), (1), rotenone, Anegada.<br />
dusky cusk-eel<br />
Petrotyx sanguineus (Meek & Hildebrand, 1928)<br />
Erdman (1956: 339), (1: 51 mm TL), shore reef, Punta Arenas [UPRM ?].<br />
Dammann (1969), (6: 55-97 mm TL), rotenone, Chocolate Bay, St. John.<br />
UPRM collection, (1: 110 mm TL), rotenone, 12 m, coral cave, El Negro reef, Mayagüez, [UPRM 1612]; (3: 32-96<br />
mm TL), 21 m, La Parguera [UPRM 2268].<br />
redfin brotula.<br />
BYTHITIDAE<br />
Calamopteryx goslinei Böhlke & Cohen, 1966<br />
Böhlke & Cohen (1966), (1: 44 mm SL paratype), shelf edge, 55 m, La Parguera [ANSP 106702].<br />
Dammann (1969), (3:52-63 mm TL), rotenone, Chocolate Bay, St. John.<br />
brotula.<br />
Grammonus claudei (Torre y Huerta, 1910)<br />
Cohen (1964), (1: 152 mm SL), as Oligopus, rotenone, shelf edge, 20 m, La Parguera [ANSP 142974].<br />
Dammann (1969), (1), as Oligopus, rotenone, Chocolate Bay, St. John.<br />
reef-cave brotula.<br />
Ogilbia cayorum Evermann & Kendall, 1898<br />
Erdman (1956: 337), as Dinematichthys cayorum, “abundant in coral reef areas near shore”; (1), rotenone, shore<br />
reef, Guánica; spawning condition, June.<br />
Randall (1963a), (9: 23-68 mm SL), rotenone, fringing reef, Greater Lameshur Bay; (11: 28-61 mm SL), rotenone,<br />
fringing reef, Ram's Head Bay, St. John.<br />
Dammann (1969), (13: 29-90mm TL), rotenone, Chocolate Bay, St. John.<br />
Austin (1971a), collected, La Parguera.<br />
key brotula