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Family: Ophidiidae Cusk-eels



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275 species (see list below)
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Pycnocraspedum armatum
[]
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Max. Length 34 cm SL
 
Pycnocraspedum fulvum
[]
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Max. Length 34 cm SL
 
Pycnocraspedum microlepis
[]
No picture found
 
Pycnocraspedum phyllosoma
[]

Photo by FAO

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 29.9 cm SL
Pycnocraspedum squamipinne Alcock, 1889

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Pycnocraspedum squamipinne
[Pelagic cusk]

Photo by Carvalho Filho, A.

Southwest Atlantic
Max. Length 31 cm TL
Raneya brasiliensis (Kaup, 1856)

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Raneya brasiliensis
[Banded cusk eel]

Photo by SFSA

Southeast Atlantic and We
Max. Length 30 cm TL
Selachophidium guentheri Gilchrist, 1903

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Selachophidium guentheri
[Barbed brotula]

Photo by Gloerfelt-Tarp, T.

Western Pacific
Max. Length 40.5 cm SL
Sirembo amaculata (Cohen & Nielsen, 1982)

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Sirembo amaculata
[Lined cusk]

Photo by CSIRO

Western Pacific
Max. Length 20 cm SL
Sirembo imberbis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)

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Sirembo imberbis
[Golden cusk]

Photo by Tanaka, H.

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 12.5 cm SL
Sirembo jerdoni (Day, 1888)

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Sirembo jerdoni
[Brown-banded cusk-eel]

Photo by Graham, K.

Indo-Pacific

Sirembo metachroma Cohen & Robins, 1986

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Sirembo metachroma
[Chameleon cusk]
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Max. Length 25.2 cm SL
 
Sirembo wami
[]
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Max. Length 57.5 cm SL
 
Spectrunculus crassus
[]

Photo by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada

Atlantic and Pacific Ocea
Max. Length 127 cm SL
Spectrunculus grandis (Günther, 1877)

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Spectrunculus grandis
[Pudgy cuskeel]

Photo by FAO

Indian Ocean

Spottobrotula mahodadi Cohen & Nielsen, 1978

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Spottobrotula mahodadi
[]
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Max. Length 28.7 cm SL
 
Spottobrotula mossambica
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 30.2 cm SL
 
Spottobrotula persica
[]

Photo by FAO

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 10.5 cm SL
Tauredophidium hextii Alcock, 1890

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Tauredophidium hextii
[]
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Max. Length 21.8 cm SL
 
Tenuicephalus melampeplus
[]
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Max. Length 20.2 cm SL
 
Tenuicephalus multitrabs
[]
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Tenuicephalus silus
[]
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Max. Length 17.5 cm SL
 
Tenuicephalus squamilabrus
[]

Photo by FAO

Indian and Pacific.
Max. Length 28.5 cm SL
Typhlonus nasus Günther, 1878

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Typhlonus nasus
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 28.2 cm SL
 
Ventichthys biospeedoi
[East-Pacific ventbrotula]

Photo by Reyes, R.B.

Possibly worldwide in tro
Max. Length 57 cm TL
Xyelacyba myersi Cohen, 1961

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Xyelacyba myersi
[Gargoyle cusk]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Pycnocraspedum armatum Eastern Central Pacific 1954
Pycnocraspedum fulvum Northwest Pacific 34 SL 1984
Pycnocraspedum microlepis Northwest Pacific 34 SL 1943
Pycnocraspedum phyllosoma Western Central Atlantic 1933
Pycnocraspedum squamipinne Pelagic cusk Indo-West Pacific 29.9 SL 1889
Raneya brasiliensis Banded cusk eel Southwest Atlantic 31 TL 1856
Selachophidium guentheri Barbed brotula Southeast Atlantic and We 30 TL 1903
Sirembo amaculata Lined cusk Western Pacific 40.5 SL 1982
Sirembo imberbis Golden cusk Western Pacific 20 SL 1846
Sirembo jerdoni Brown-banded cusk-eel Indo-West Pacific 12.5 SL 1888
Sirembo metachroma Chameleon cusk Indo-Pacific 1986
Sirembo wami Eastern Indian Ocean 25.2 SL 2014
Spectrunculus crassus Atlantic and eastern Paci 57.5 SL 1888
Spectrunculus grandis Pudgy cuskeel Atlantic and Pacific Ocea 127 SL 1877
Spottobrotula mahodadi Indian Ocean 1978
Spottobrotula mossambica Western Indian Ocean 28.7 SL 2014
Spottobrotula persica Western Indian Ocean 30.2 SL 2014
Tauredophidium hextii Indo-West Pacific 10.5 SL 1890
Tenuicephalus melampeplus Western Indian Ocean and 21.8 SL 1896
Tenuicephalus multitrabs Indian Ocean (except for 20.2 SL 2021
Tenuicephalus silus Western Atlantic 1984
Tenuicephalus squamilabrus Western Indian 17.5 SL 2021
Typhlonus nasus Indian and Pacific. 28.5 SL 1878
Ventichthys biospeedoi East-Pacific ventbrotula Southeast Pacific 28.2 SL 2006
Xyelacyba myersi Gargoyle cusk Possibly worldwide in tro 57 TL 1961



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