Digitate Cusk Eel

Dicrolene introniger

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth734–1,421 m
Water temperature11–29 °C
Best monthsAugust
How commonOccasional

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 32 records
February: 22 records
March: 20 records
April: 8 records
May: 15 records
June: 6 records
July: 27 records
August: 78 records
September: 41 records
October: 35 records
November: 4 records
December: 4 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 734–1,421 m · Deepest record: 3,255 m

0–10 m: 2 records
10–20 m: 0 records
20–30 m: 0 records
30–40 m: 1 records
40–50 m: 0 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 1 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 0 records
110+ m: 209 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 11–29 °C

10–12 °C: 55 records
12–14 °C: 4 records
14–16 °C: 4 records
16–18 °C: 157 records
18–20 °C: 27 records
20–22 °C: 9 records
22–24 °C: 8 records
24–26 °C: 31 records
26–28 °C: 23 records
28–30 °C: 9 records

Names and classification

English: Digitate Cusk Eel

Names in 1 more languages

French: Abadèche doigts

Other scientific names: Dicrolene intronigra

Similar species

Dicrolene longimana
Slender brotula
Dicrolene multifilis
Dicrolene nigricaudis
Dicrolene tristis
Pink cusk-eel
Genypterus blacodes
Ling
Genypterus tigerinus

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
523 open-data records from 1880 to 2022.
Species data updated November 2, 2026.

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