Species FAO code: OHG

Hoplobrotula gnathopus

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Commercial designations
Production methods and fishing gears
Species distribution and habitat
Species description

Commercial designations

Country	Commercial designations	Names accepted or permitted locally or regionally
Estonia	et Liba-merinirk	–

Main production methods

Caught

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Hoplobrotula gnathopus (Regan, 1921)

Habitat

Saltwater

FAO major fishing areas

List item: Indian Ocean, Western

Area 51 - Indian Ocean, Western

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Hoplobrotula gnathopus (Regan, 1921)

Scientific name

Hoplobrotula gnathopus

Author

(Regan, 1921)

Rank

Species

FAO code

OHG

Morphological description

Rather elongate body with blunt head; eye almost as long as snout; upper jaws ends well behind eye; 3 sharp spines on preopercle and 1strong opercular spine; 1 median and a pair of basibranchial tooth patches; 5-6 developed rakers on anterior gill arch; pelvic fins inserted beneath eye; precaudal vertebrae 15 (Ref. 34024). Snout spine absent (Ref. 34024). Greenish or pinkish in color (Ref. 4103).

Taxonomic classification

ClassActinopterygii
- OrderOphidiiformes
  - FamilyOphidiidae
    - GenusHoplobrotula
      - SpeciesHoplobrotula gnathopus

Synonyms

Sirembo gnathopus Regan, 1921

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Hoplobrotula gnathopus (Regan, 1921)

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