Spineless Cusk-eel

Bathyonus pectoralis

Eel Reaching Fifty One Point Eight Centimeters

Regional distribution
Marine fish
Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean

Spineless Cusk-eel is a marine fish of West Central Atlantic, East Central and Southwest Indian Ocean. The species occupies deep water. Records give a maximum length of 51.8 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Cusk-eels
Family: Ophidiidae
Genus: Bathyonus
Water type: Marine