Image: A Cuskeel, Barathrites sp
Description
A Cuskeel collected in April 1989 by staff of the Australian Museum Fish Section working on board the H.M.A.S Cook. The fish was caught in a midwater trawl at a depth of 3300 m (bottom depth 3490 m to 4840 m) in the Tasman Sea off Sydney, New South Wales.
- Photographer:
- Carl Bento
- Rights:
- © Australian Museum
- Common name:
- A Cuskeel
- Scientific name:
- Barathrites sp
- Family:
- Ophidiidae
- Order:
- Ophidiiformes
Additional information
The fish is now registered in the Australian Museum fish collection (AMS I.28746-002).
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