Biology:Lucifuga subterranea

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Lucifuga subterranea
FMIB 52216 Blind Brotula, Lucifuga subterranea (Powy), showing viviparous habit Joignan Cave, Pinar del Rio, Cuba.jpeg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Ophidiiformes
Family: Bythitidae
Genus: Lucifuga
Species:
L. subterranea
Binomial name
Lucifuga subterranea
Poey, 1858

Lucifuga subterranea, or the Cuban cusk-eel, is a species of cavefish in the family Bythitidae. It is endemic to Cuba. Within the caves, sinkholes and crevices in which it occurs it is common, it feeds on cirolanid isopods.[2]

References

  1. García-Machado, E.; Lyons, T.J. (2021). "Lucifuga subterranea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T12400A124285510. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T12400A124285510.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/12400/124285510. Retrieved 17 November 2021. 
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Lucifuga subterranea" in FishBase. February 2006 version.

Wikidata ☰ Q531096 entry