Ophidiidae

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.