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Ophidiidae
dusky cusk-eel
Parophidion schmidti
Oval eggs float in gelatinous mass
- Tropical
- Southern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Central America and the Caribbean
- North America
- South America
- Elongated
- Small
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Elongated
Smalldusky cusk-eel is known from Western Atlantic as a marine fish. It occurs in marine waters.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Cusk-eels
- Family
- Ophidiidae
- Genus
- Parophidion
- Maximum length
- 10 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Western Atlantic: Bermuda, Bahamas and southern Florida (USA) to northern South America.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
