Species: Letharchus rosenblatti, Black sailfin-eel
snout sharply pointed
D origin on head
D origin on head
dark brown
head mottled white
head mottled white
tail < 1/2 TL, tip hard, finless
no A
Letharchus rosenblatti McCosker, 1974
Black sailfin-eel
Elongate, compressed; tail 36-42% of TL; snout sharply pointed, overhanging, without groove on underside; eye small; front nostril a flat hole; rear nostril opens in mouth; gill openings entirely on underside, converging forward; gill chamber puffed out; teeth slender, pointed, single series on jaws and on roof of mouth, 2 rows at front between top jaws; tail with a hard, finless point; dorsal fin origin on nape, a short distance behind level of rear corner of mouth; no anal or pectoral fins.
Dark brown, nearly blackish, with front of head and snout white.
Largest reported, 35 cm.
Habitat: sandy and rocky bottoms.
Depth: 0-20 m.
The tip of Baja, Costa Rica to Ecuador.
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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Marine Only
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore
- Inshore Only
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Bottom only
- Habitat
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- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- Sand & gravel
- Soft bottom only
- FishBase Habitat
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- Demersal
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- No Data
- Diet
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- Bony fishes
- No Data
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Egg Type
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- Pelagic
- No data
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- East Pacific endemic
- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- All species
- Regional Endemism
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- All species
- TEP endemic
- Continent only
- Continent
- Continental TEP endemic
- 3 provinces (Cortez + Mexican + Panamic) endemic
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap)
- Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos)
- Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo)
- IUCN Red List
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- Least concern
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 35
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Depth Range Max
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- 20
