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Bearded Cusk-Eel

Ophidion barbatum

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

United States1
Hawaii1

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Ecological

  • DecomposerBreaks down dead organic matter, recycling nutrientsFrom its classification

Physical

  • AquaticLives primarily in waterFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassRay-finned Fishes · Actinopterygii
OrderCusk-eels · Ophidiiformes
FamilyCusk-eels · Ophidiidae
GenusSnake-like Cusk-Eels · Ophidion

Sources

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Practise Bearded Cusk-Eel with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.