Lucifuga subterranea
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]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Ophidiiformes |
| Family: | Bythitidae |
| Genus: | Lucifuga |
| Species: | L. subterranea |
| Binomial name | |
| Lucifuga subterranea Poey, 1858 | |
References
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). "Lucifuga subterranea". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 1996: e.T12400A3340800. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T12400A3340800.en. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Lucifuga subterranea" in FishBase. February 2006 version.
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