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Class: Teleostei
Order: Ophidiiformes
Family: Bythitidae Livebearing brotulas

Genus: Lucifuga

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8 species (see list below)
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Lucifuga dentata Toothed Cuban cusk-eel Central America 15.2 SL 1858
Lucifuga gibarensis Gibara cave brotula North America 8.9 SL 2020
Lucifuga inopinata Southeast Pacific 10.1 SL 1998
Lucifuga lucayana Lucaya cavebrotula Western Atlantic 9.9 SL 2006
Lucifuga simile Central America 8.8 SL 1981
Lucifuga spelaeotes New Providence cusk-eel Western Central Atlantic 10.9 SL 1970
Lucifuga subterranea Cuban cusk-eel Central America 9.4 SL 1858
Lucifuga teresinarum Central America 8.3 SL 1988



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