Bahamas country information

Common names: Ghost cusk-eel
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: scarce (very unlikely) | Ref: Nielsen, J.G., D.M. Cohen, D.F. Markle and C.R. Robins, 1999
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from several locations on the Great Bahama Bank (Ref. 5521). Also Ref. 34024.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/bf.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.caricom-fisheries.com/bahamas-fisheries
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Böhlke, J.E. and C.C.G. Chaplin, 1993
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Congriperla fantasma, 巴哈马孔鳔鼬鳚, 巴哈馬孔鰾鼬鳚, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Ophidiiformes (Cusk eels) > Ophidiidae (Cusk-eels) > Ophidiinae
Etymology: Otophidium: Greek, ous, oto = ear + Greek, ophis, diminutive = serpent (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Böhlke & Robins.

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

Marine; demersal; depth range 0 - 15 m (Ref. 34024). Tropical

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Otophidium chickcharney Böhlke & Robins, 1959

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

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