Ophichthus cruentifer
date: label: Collection Date
content: 1927
name: label: Biogeographical Region
content: Caribbean
label: Collector
content: William Beebe
label: Ocean/Sea/Gulf
content: North Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea
notes: label: Notes
content: Original number 7146. Reviewed for deaccession and kept, May 2003, case #706.
label: Notes
content: Identification questionable. A larva; identified as Leptocephalus mucronatus, the larval form of Ophichthus cruentifer, but this specimen is from outside the range of that species (E. coast U.S., Florida to New England).
label: Record Last Modified
content: 9 Dec 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Haiti, North Atlantic Ocean
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content: Vertebrate Zoology
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content: Fishes
publisher: label: Published Name
content: Ophichthus cruentifer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Vertebrate Zoology - Fishes Division
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 196272
label: USNM Number
content: 164765
taxonomicName: label: Taxonomy
content: Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Osteichthyes, Actinopterygii, Neopterygii, Elopomorpha, Anguilliformes, Congroidei, Ophichthidae, Ophichthinae
physicalDescription: label: Tl - Length
content: 5 mm
label: Prep Count
content: 1
label: Preparation
content: Larvae