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Natal cusk-eel (Ophidion smithi)
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Natal cusk-eel (Ophidion smithi) specimen
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Ophidiidae

Natal cusk-eel

Ophidion smithi

Eel beneath the Red Sea

  • Tropical
  • Transcontinental
  • Marine fish
  • Indian Ocean
  • Africa
  • Oceania
  • Anguilliform
  • Small
  • Tropical fish

Natal cusk-eel is a marine fish of Indian Ocean. The species occupies marine waters. Records give a maximum length of 14 cm.

Maximum length
14 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
anguilliform
Distribution
Indian Ocean: Red Sea to Natal (South Africa), Seychelles and northwestern coast of Australia.
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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