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prowspine cusk-eel (Lepophidium prorates)
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prowspine cusk-eel (Lepophidium prorates) specimen
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Ophidiidae

prowspine cusk-eel

Lepophidium prorates

Twenty Nine Point Five Centimeters Eel from Gulf of California

  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Pacific Ocean
  • South America
  • Elongated
  • Compressed cross-section
  • Medium
  • Tropical fish

prowspine cusk-eel is known from Eastern Pacific as a marine fish. It occurs in marine waters.

Maximum length
29.5 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
elongated
Distribution
Eastern Pacific: from the northern part of the Gulf of California to Paita, Peru and along the outer coast of Baja California.
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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