Lucifuga
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.[2]
| Lucifuga | |
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| Lucifuga subterraneus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Ophidiiformes |
| Family: | Bythitidae |
| Subfamily: | Brosmophycinae |
| Tribe: | Brosmophycini |
| Genus: | Lucifuga Poey, 1858 |
| Type species | |
| Lucifuga subterraneus Poey 1858[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Stygicola Gill, 1863 | |
Species
There are currently seven recognized species in this genus:[2]
- 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
- Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Lucifuga". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Lucifuga in FishBase. June 2012 version.
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