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Ophidiidae
fawn cusk-eel
Lepophidium profundorum
Twenty Eight Centimeters Eel of Western Atlantic
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.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Cusk-eels
- Family
- Ophidiidae
- Genus
- Lepophidium
- 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

