| Citation | Robins, C.R., R.H. Robins and M.E. Brown, 2012, A revision of Lepophidium (Teleoastei, Ophidiidae), with descriptions of eight new species.. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 52(1):1-94. |
| Ref. | 91765 Robins, C.R., R.H. Robins and M.E. Brown, 2012 |
| Page | 16;fig.9 |
| Named Used as Valid | Lepophidium pheromystax |
| Comment | habitat; depth range; max length; |
| Locality | Atlantic Ocean, USNM 185737. |
| Distribution | Western Atlantic: along the northern coast of South America from Colombia to Cabo Orange, Brazil (north of the mouth of the Amazon); including Gulf of Campeche, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, shelf area from northern Puerto Rico to the US Virgin Islands. |
| Quote | benthic; 27-165 m; 27 cm SL; |