Monomitopus agassizii

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| image = Monomitopus agassizii.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{Cite iucn|author=Nielson, J.G. |year=2010 |errata=2017 |title= Monomitopus agassizii |page=e.T154865A115245398 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T154865A4654302.en |access-date=5 March 2023}}

| taxon = Monomitopus agassizii

| authority = (Goode & Bean, 1986){{Cite web |title=WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Monomitopus agassizii (Goode & Bean, 1896) |url=https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158765 |access-date=2023-03-03 |website=www.marinespecies.org}}

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Monomitopus agassizii is a fish species from the genus Monomitopus. It can be found in the Western Central Atlantic from the Caribbean Sea all the way to the Gulf of Mexico. It has small scales, the upper jaw is enlarged, and with the exception of the gill membrane and lips, its head is mostly covered with scales.{{Cite web |title=Monomitopus agassizii |url=https://www.fishbase.se/summary/Monomitopus-agassizii.html |access-date=2023-03-03 |website=www.fishbase.se}}

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Category:Fish described in 1986

Category:Ophidiidae