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fawn cusk-eel (Lepophidium profundorum)
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fawn cusk-eel (Lepophidium profundorum) specimen
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Ophidiidae

fawn cusk-eel

Lepophidium profundorum

Twenty Eight Centimeters Eel of Western Atlantic

  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • North America
  • Elongated
  • Medium
  • Tropical fish

fawn cusk-eel is known around Western Atlantic as a marine fish; It occurs in marine waters, and the species reaches a recorded maximum of 28 cm.

Maximum length
28 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
elongated
Distribution
Western Atlantic: Georges Bank, Canada to the Florida Keys and the northern and eastern Gulf of Mexico.
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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