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Ophidiidae
Pepperfin cusk-eel
Lepophidium gilmorei
Broad dark fin edges
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Central America and the Caribbean
- North America
- South America
- Anguilliform
- Compressed cross-section
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Anguilliform
MediumPepperfin cusk-eel is a marine fish from Western Atlantic. It inhabits marine waters. Records give a maximum length of 17.2 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Cusk-eels
- Family
- Ophidiidae
- Genus
- Lepophidium
- Maximum length
- 17.2 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- anguilliform
- Distribution
- Western Atlantic: northeastern Gulf of Mexico (off Florida), the southeastern coast of the US (off South Carolina), the Bahamas (New Providence I.), Venezuela, and Grenada.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
