Real photoREAL PHOTO

Scaleline cusk (Lamprogrammus shcherbachevi)
Specimen imageSPECIMEN IMAGE
Scaleline cusk (Lamprogrammus shcherbachevi) specimen
← Back to catalog

Ophidiidae

Scaleline cusk

Lamprogrammus shcherbachevi

Sharp spines on opercular bones

  • Tropical
  • Southern Hemisphere
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Indian Ocean
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Africa
  • Oceania
  • South America
  • Large
  • Tropical fish

Scaleline cusk is known from Eastern Indian Ocean as a marine fish. It occurs in deep water.

Maximum length
193 cm
Water
Marine
Distribution
Eastern Indian Ocean: northwest coast of Australia. Southeast Pacific: off Chile. Atlantic Ocean: off French Guiana-Suriname (Ref. 31427 ), off Angola, and off the Faeroe Islands.
Conservation status
DDData Deficient

Generating…