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Shaggy cusk (Porocephalichthys dasyrhynchus)
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Dinematichthyidae

Shaggy cusk

Porocephalichthys dasyrhynchus

Sharp spine on the opercle

  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Indian Ocean
  • Oceania
  • Fusiform
  • Small
  • Tropical fish

Shaggy cusk is a marine fish from Eastern Indian Ocean. It inhabits deep water. Records give a maximum length of 13.6 cm.

Class
Teleosts
Order
Cusk-eels
Family
Dinematichthyidae
Genus
Porocephalichthys
Water type
Marine
Body shape
fusiform
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