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Lucifuga subterranea Poey, 1858

Cuban cusk-eel
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Cuba country information

Common names: Cuban Cusk-eel
Occurrence: endemic
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: common (usually seen) | Ref: Nielsen, J.G., D.M. Cohen, D.F. Markle and C.R. Robins, 1999
Importance: of no interest | Ref: Nielsen, J.G., D.M. Cohen, D.F. Markle and C.R. Robins, 1999
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Occurs in southwestern Cuba (Ref. 34024). Also Ref. 13498, 27158, 79893.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/cu.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Claro, R. and L.R. Parenti, 2001
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Классификация / Names народные названия | синонимы | Catalog of Fishes(род, виды) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Ophidiiformes (Cusk eels) > Bythitidae (Livebearing brotulas)
Etymology: Lucifuga: Latin, lux = light + latin, fugere = to escape, to avoid, to run away from (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Poey.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range экология

; пресноводный демерсальный; pH range: ? - 8.0; dH range: ? - 20.   Tropical; ? - 24°C (Ref. 89994); 22°N - 20°N

распространение страны | регионы FAO | Ecosystems | места находок | Point map | интродукции | Faunafri

Central America: Cuba.

Size / Вес / Возраст

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 9.4 cm SL самец/пол неопределен; (Ref. 13498); 9.3 cm NG (female)

биология     глоссарий (например epibenthic)

Common species inhabiting shallow water caves, sinkholes ad crevices (Ref. 34024). Feeds on cirolanid isopods. Viviparous. Sometimes found together with L. dentata and L. teresinarum (Ref. 34024).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | размножение | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | личинки

Viviparous; a 6.5 cm female contained four 2.0 cm young.

Основная ссылка Upload your references | ссылки | координатор | соавторы

Nielsen, J.G., D.M. Cohen, D.F. Markle and C.R. Robins, 1999. Ophidiiform fishes of the world (Order Ophidiiformes). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of pearlfishes, cusk-eels, brotulas and other ophidiiform fishes known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(18):178p. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 34024)

Статус Красного Списка МСОП (Ref. 130435)

  Под угрозой исчезновения (EN) (B1ab(iii,iv,v)+2ab(iii,iv,v)); Date assessed: 31 March 2020

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Угроза для людей

  Harmless




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