Author: Svetovidov, 1936

Lepidion (?)schmidti Svetovidov, 1936

Diagnosis: orbit 3.5-5.8 in head length. Posterior nostril somewhat ahead of eye. Second dorsal finrays 47-50; anal finrays 38-42. Pyloric caeca 16. Size: to 123 cm SL.

Habitat: most specimens have been taken at about 2,000 m. Rare, solitary. Specimens have been caught with bottom trawls and set lines. Food: no data. Reproduction: no data.

Distribution: first described from Sagami Bay (Japan). Other examples tentatively identified as this species have been caught near the mouth of the Bay of Biscay and west of Ireland.

Eggs, larvae and young stages. No data.
Otoliths (sagitta). No data.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Subphylum Vertebrata
Superclass Gnathostomata
Class Osteichthyes
Order Gadiformes
Family Moridae
Genus Lepidion
Species Lepidion schmidti

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Lepidion schmidti Svetovidov, 1936

Scientific synonyms and common names

Lepidion (?)schmidti Svetovidov, 1936

Synonyms:

Lepidion schmidti Svetovidov, 1936, Zool. Anz., 113 (9/10): 266, fig. 1 (Sagami Bay, Japan). Holotype: ZIN.
Lepidion guentheri (nec Giglioli, 1880): Forster, 1968, J. Mar. Biol. Assoc. U.K, 48: 482.
Lepidion (?) schmidti: Templeman, 1970, 27: 490, fig. 6.


Common names:

none

Forster, G. R. 1968. Line-fishing on the continental slope. II. J. mar. biol Ass. U.K, 48: 479-483.

Svetovidov, A. N. 1936a. Lepidion schmidti, eine neue Fischart. Zool. Anz., 113: pp. 266-269.

Templeman, W. 1970a. A review of the morid fish genus Lepidion of the North Atlantic with first records of Lepidion eques from the western North Atlantic. J. Fish. Res. Bd Can., 27: 457-498.

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