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Ophidiidae
blackedge cusk-eel
Lepophidium brevibarbe
Twenty Eight Point Eight Centimeters Eel of the Caribbean Sea
- Black
- Tropical
- Southern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Central America and the Caribbean
- North America
- South America
- Elongated
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Black
Tropical
Regional distribution
Elongated
Mediumblackedge cusk-eel is a marine fish found around Western Atlantic. It inhabits marine waters. The largest recorded length is 28.8 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Cusk-eels
- Family
- Ophidiidae
- Genus
- Lepophidium
- Maximum length
- 28.8 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Western Atlantic: widespread along the Atlantic coast of the United States (from North Carolina), through the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean, to the coasts of South America (up to Uruguay); apparently absent in the Bahamas.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
