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Ophidiidae
sleeper cusk-eel
Otophidium dormitator
Eggs laid in floating jelly masses
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Central America and the Caribbean
- North America
- Small
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Smallsleeper cusk-eel is a marine fish found around Western Central Atlantic. It inhabits reef habitat. The largest recorded length is 7.5 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Cusk-eels
- Family
- Ophidiidae
- Genus
- Otophidium
- Maximum length
- 7.5 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Distribution
- Western Central Atlantic: southern Florida (USA) and the Bahamas to Yucatan, Mexico and the Lesser Antilles.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Order
Family
Conservation status
