Gelatinous blindfish

Aphyonus gelatinosus

Loose transparent skin bags a nearly blind white body

Regional distribution
Marine fish
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Africa
East Asia
Oceania
Compressed cross-section
Medium

Aphyonus gelatinosus also known as the gelatinous blindfish is a species of blind cusk eel found in eastern Atlantic Ocean from Azores and Canary Islands; western Indian Ocean in Natal, South Africa and southwest Pacific Ocean known in Australia only from the type locality, off Cape York, Queensland. This species is the only known member of its genus.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Cusk-eels
Family: Bythitidae
Genus: Aphyonus
Maximum length: 15 cm
Water: Marine
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: from off East Africa eastwards to Japan and New Zealand and in the Atlantic Ocean.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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