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Slimy cuskeel (Brosmophyciops pautzkei)
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Ecological Illustration of Slimy cuskeel (Brosmophyciops pautzkei)
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Bythitidae

Slimy cuskeel

Brosmophyciops pautzkei

Body covered in thick granular mucus

  • Tropical
  • Transcontinental
  • Marine fish
  • Indian Ocean
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Oceania
  • Southeast Asia
  • Elongated
  • Compressed cross-section
  • Small
  • Tropical fish

Slimy cuskeel is known from Indo-Pacific as a marine fish. It occurs in deep water.

Class
Teleosts
Order
Cusk-eels
Family
Bythitidae
Genus
Brosmophyciops
Water type
Marine
Body shape
elongated
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