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Class: Teleostei
Order: Ophidiiformes
Family: Ophidiidae Cusk-eels
Subfamily: Neobythitinae
Genus: Dicrolene

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15 species (see list below)
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Photo by Kamikawa, D.J.

Eastern Pacific.
Max. Length 44 cm TL
Dicrolene filamentosa Garman, 1899

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Dicrolene filamentosa
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Dicrolene gregoryi
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Max. Length 41.6 cm SL
 
Dicrolene hubrechti
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Photo by JAMARC

Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 35 cm TL
Dicrolene introniger Goode & Bean, 1883

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Dicrolene introniger
[Digitate cusk eel]

Photo by Garcia Jr., J.

Western Central Atlantic
Max. Length 27.3 cm SL
Dicrolene kanazawai Grey, 1958

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Dicrolene kanazawai
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Max. Length 32 cm SL
 
Dicrolene longimana
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No picture found

Max. Length 18.4 cm SL
 
Dicrolene mesogramma
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Photo by SFSA

Indian Ocean
Max. Length 26 cm SL
Dicrolene multifilis (Alcock, 1889)

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Dicrolene multifilis
[Slender brotula]
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Max. Length 48.1 cm TL
 
Dicrolene nigra
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Dicrolene nigricaudis
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Photo by SFSA

Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 16.6 cm SL
Dicrolene pallidus Hureau & Nielsen, 1981

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Dicrolene pallidus
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Dicrolene pullata
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Photo by Reyes, R.B.

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 57.7 cm SL
Dicrolene quinquarius (Günther, 1887)

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Dicrolene quinquarius
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Photo by Yang, N.-S.

Western Pacific
Max. Length 17.5 cm TL
Dicrolene tristis Smith & Radcliffe, 1913

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Dicrolene tristis
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Dicrolene vaillanti
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Dicrolene filamentosa Eastern Pacific. 44 TL 1899
Dicrolene gregoryi Eastern Pacific. 1926
Dicrolene hubrechti Eastern Indian Ocean 41.6 SL 1913
Dicrolene introniger Digitate cusk eel Eastern Atlantic 35 TL 1883
Dicrolene kanazawai Western Central Atlantic 27.3 SL 1958
Dicrolene longimana Indo-West Pacific 32 SL 1913
Dicrolene mesogramma Eastern Indian Ocean. 18.4 SL 1980
Dicrolene multifilis Slender brotula Indian Ocean 26 SL 1889
Dicrolene nigra Southeast Pacific 48.1 TL 1899
Dicrolene nigricaudis Indian Ocean. 1891
Dicrolene pallidus Eastern Atlantic 16.6 SL 1981
Dicrolene pullata Eastern Pacific. 1899
Dicrolene quinquarius Indo-West Pacific 57.7 SL 1887
Dicrolene tristis Western Pacific 17.5 TL 1913
Dicrolene vaillanti Indian Ocean. 1890



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