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Ophidiidae
Guianan cusk-eel
Ophidion guianense
Finger like snout spine
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Central America and the Caribbean
- South America
- Anguilliform
- Small
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Anguilliform
SmallGuianan cusk-eel is a marine fish of Western Atlantic. The species occupies marine waters. The largest recorded length is 11.7 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Cusk-eels
- Family
- Ophidiidae
- Genus
- Ophidion
- Maximum length
- 11.7 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- anguilliform
- Distribution
- Western Atlantic: Saba Bank (eastern Caribbean Sea) to Venezuela and Suriname, 18-61 m. Probably widespread along the Guianan coast and westward in the southern Caribbean Sea.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
