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Shaggy cusk (Porocephalichthys dasyrhynchus)
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Shaggy cusk (Porocephalichthys dasyrhynchus) specimen
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Dinematichthyidae

Shaggy cusk

Porocephalichthys dasyrhynchus

Sharp spine on the opercle

  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Indian Ocean
  • Oceania
  • Fusiform
  • Small
  • Tropical fish

Shaggy cusk is a marine fish from Eastern Indian Ocean. It inhabits deep water. Records give a maximum length of 13.6 cm.

Maximum length
13.6 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
fusiform
Distribution
Eastern Indian Ocean: Rottnest Island, Australia.
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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