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Longnose cusk-eel
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Other fish (coast and sea)

Longnose cusk-eel

Ophidion holbrookii Putnam, 1874

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishLongnose cusk-eel
Dutch—
SpanishCongriperla de bajos
Chinese霍氏鼬鳚
Scientific nameOphidion holbrookii Putnam, 1874

About this species

The band cusk-eel (Ophidion holbrookii) is a fish species in the family Ophidiidae. Widespread in the Western Atlantic from North Carolina, United States, and northern Gulf of Mexico to southeastern Brazil. Absent from The Bahamas. Marine reef-associated tropical demersal fish, up to 30 cm (12 in) long.

Its range under water can be between 0.5–7 m (1.6–23.0 ft), but usually it is found deeper than 18 m (59 ft) below the surface. This species was first seen in the Key West area near Florida, USA in 1874 and described by Frederic Ward Putnam.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
OrderOphidiiformes
FamilyOphidiidae
GenusOphidion

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