Ophidiidae

Risso's Cusk-eel

Parophidion vassali

Burrowing tail first into Mediterranean seagrass sands

• Temperate
• Northern Hemisphere
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Atlantic Ocean
• Medium
• Temperate fish

Risso's Cusk-eel is known around Eastern Atlantic as a marine fish; It occurs in marine waters, and the species reaches a recorded maximum of 25 cm.