Digitate cusk eel

Dicrolene introniger

Longer free pectoral rays

Digitate cusk eel is a marine fish found around Eastern Atlantic. It inhabits deep water. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 35 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Cusk-eels
Family: Ophidiidae
Genus: Dicrolene
Maximum length: 35 cm
Water: Marine
Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: continental slope all along West Africa. Western Atlantic: warmer parts of the area including the Gulf of Mexico.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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