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Lucifuga

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Scientific name
  
Lucifuga

Rank
  
Genus

Family
  
Bythitidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Ophidiiformes

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Lower classifications
  
New Providence cusk-eel, Lucifuga subterranea, Lucifuga simile, Lucifuga teresinarum

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Lucifuga is a genus of viviparous brotulas. Most of the species are native to caves and sinkholes in Cuba and the Bahamas; L. inopinata from deep water off the Galápagos Islands is the only exception. The four species rated by the IUCN are all considered vulnerable. The largest species in the genus reaches about 15 cm (5.9 in) in length.

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Lucifuga


Species

There are currently seven recognized species in this genus:

  • Lucifuga dentata Poey, 1858 (Toothed Cuban cusk-eel)
  • Lucifuga inopinata Cohen & McCosker, 1998
  • Lucifuga lucayana Møller, Schwarzhans, Iliffe & J. G. Nielsen, 2006 (Lucaya cavebrotula)
  • Lucifuga simile Nalbant, 1981
  • Lucifuga spelaeotes Cohen & C. R. Robins, 1970 (New Providence cusk-eel)
  • Lucifuga subterranea Poey, 1858 (Cuban cusk-eel)
  • Lucifuga teresinarum Díaz Pérez, 1988
  • References

    Lucifuga Wikipedia