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Blackthroat cusk-eel (Lepophidium entomelan)
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Blackthroat cusk-eel (Lepophidium entomelan) specimen
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Ophidiidae

Blackthroat cusk-eel

Lepophidium entomelan

Twenty Five Point Six Centimeters Eel from the Atlantic Ocean

  • Black
  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Central America and the Caribbean
  • North America
  • Anguilliform
  • Compressed cross-section
  • Medium
  • Tropical fish

Blackthroat cusk-eel is a marine fish of Western Atlantic. The species occupies marine waters. The largest recorded length is 25.6 cm.

Maximum length
25.6 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
anguilliform
Distribution
Western Atlantic: around the Gulf of Mexico and in the western Caribbean Sea from Mexico to Nicaragua.
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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