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Ophidiidae
Bathyonus caudalis
Bathyonus caudalis
A rare large tailed cusk of deep Indo Pacific
Bathyonus caudalis is a marine fish of Indo-Pacific. The species occupies deep water. Records give a maximum length of 51.8 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Cusk-eels
- Family
- Ophidiidae
- Genus
- Bathyonus
- Maximum length
- 51.8 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Distribution
- Indo-Pacific: equatorial Indian Ocean, off Panama and New Caledonia; Japan.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern

