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Etymology: Lucifuga: Latin, lux = light + latin, fugere = to escape, to avoid, to run away from (Ref. 45335); lucayana: Named for its type locality, Lucayan Caverns, graveyard of the Lucayan Indians who inhabited the Bahamas for 2000 years and were eliminated by the European invaders.
More on authors: Møller, Schwarzhans, Iliffe & Nielsen.

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marinhas bentopelágico; intervalo de profundidade 12 - 20 m (Ref. 57878). Subtropical

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Western Atlantic: Caribbean, Bahamas.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 9.9 cm SL (female)

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Raios dorsais (total) : 84 - 91; Raios anais : 63 - 69; Vértebras: 50 - 52. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following combination of characters: Vertebrae 12-13+37-39=50-52, dorsal fin rays 84-91, anal fin rays 63-69, pectoral fin rays 17-18, caudal fin rays 10; head profile above eye strongly depressed, scales on occiput, eyes present (0.9-1.0 % SL); palatine teeth absent; color uniformly light brown, long gill-rakers 3, pale (Ref. 57878).

Found in an anchialine cave which is connected to the sea via a submerged passage which opens into a tidal saltwater creek. The upper about 14 m in the cave consists of freshwater (22 °C), separated from a lower, slightly warmer (23-25 °C), salty layer by a distinct halocline. The holotype was taken in a depth of 12 m, which must then most likely to be freshwater; some where collected from one or two inland sink holes (Ref. 57878).

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Møller, P.R., W. Schwarzhans, T.M. Iliffe and J.G. Nielsen, 2006. Revision of the Bahamian cave-fishes of the genus Lucifuga (Ophidiiformes, Bythitidae), with description of a new species from islands on the Little Bahama Bank. Zootaxa 1223:23-46. (Ref. 57878)

Status na Lista Vermelha da UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

Em perigo (EN) (B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii)); Date assessed: 26 August 2020

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Not Evaluated

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Harmless

Uso pelos humanos

Pescarias: sem interesse

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Lucifuga lucayana Møller, Schwarzhans, Iliffe & Nielsen, 2006