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Lucifuga subterranea

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Species of fish

Lucifuga subterranea
Conservation status

Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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.

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. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Lucifuga subterranea year-2018". FishBase.
Taxon identifiers
Lucifuga subterranea


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