violet cuskeel

Brotulotaenia crassa

Fish Found at Eight Hundred Meters

Purple
Transcontinental
Marine fish
Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean
Africa
Central America and the Caribbean
Europe
Elongated
Large

Brotulotaenia crassa, also known as violet cuskeel, violet cusk, or blue cusk eel, is a species of fish in the family Ophidiidae. It occurs in the central and northern Atlantic Ocean, southern Indian Ocean, and southwestern Pacific Ocean at depths of 250–800 m (820–2,620 ft)}. It is uncommon.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Cusk-eels
Family: Ophidiidae
Genus: Brotulotaenia
Maximum length: 86 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Morocco, and rare from off Western Europe and off South Africa. Western Atlantic: around the West Indies. Also known from the Indian Ocean (Ref. 34024 ).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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