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Earspot cusk eel (Ophidion fulvum)
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Earspot cusk eel (Ophidion fulvum) specimen
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Ophidiidae

Earspot cusk eel

Ophidion fulvum

Spotted Eel of Eastern Pacific

  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Brackish fish
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Central America and the Caribbean
  • South America
  • Medium
  • Tropical fish

Earspot cusk eel is known from Eastern Pacific as a brackish-water fish. It occurs in brackish waters.

Maximum length
18 cm
Water
Brackish
Distribution
Eastern Pacific: Costa Rica to northern Peru.
Conservation status
NTNear Threatened

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