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Ophidiidae
Black cusk-eel
Genypterus maculatus
Irregular pale patches break the dark brown skin
- Black
- Tropical
- Southern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Pacific Ocean
- South America
- Large
- Tropical fish
Black
Tropical
Regional distribution
LargeBlack cusk-eel is a marine fish from Southeast Pacific. It inhabits marine waters. Records give a maximum length of 100 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Cusk-eels
- Family
- Ophidiidae
- Genus
- Genypterus
- Maximum length
- 100 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Distribution
- Southeast Pacific: Peru to northern Chile.
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