Many-ray cusk

Microbrotula bentleyi

Hidden opercular spine

Tropical
Transcontinental
Marine fish
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Africa
Oceania
Southeast Asia
Elongated
Compressed cross-section
Small
Tropical fish

Many-ray cusk is a marine fish recorded from Indo-Pacific: South Africa to the Red Sea and. It is associated with marine waters. It reaches about 4 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Cusk-eels
Family: Bythitidae
Genus: Microbrotula
Maximum length: 4 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: Indo-Pacific: South Africa to the Red Sea and from the Philippines to Cape York Peninsula in northern Australia; widely distributed and large gap in the distribution is probably a collecting artefact rather than indicative of a true distribution.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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