Blackedge cusk-eel
Lepophidium brevibarbe
- Usual depth18–107 m
- Water temperature23–29 °C
- Best monthsMarch and August
- How commonOccasional
Photo credit: (c) Jaime Eduardo García Zúñiga, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Jaime Eduardo García Zúñiga · CC BY · iNaturalist
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 0 records
- February: 7 records
- March: 12 records
- April: 4 records
- May: 6 records
- June: 1 records
- July: 2 records
- August: 11 records
- September: 1 records
- October: 7 records
- November: 1 records
- December: 3 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 18–107 m · Deepest record: 307 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 23–29 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Blackedge cusk-eel, blackedge cusk-eel, Shortbeard cusk eel, Shortbeard cusk-eel
Names in 3 more languages
- Spanish
- clarín, congriperla clarín, Perla, Perla Barbacorta
- French
- Brotule barbiche
- Japanese
- ハイイロツノアシロ
Other scientific names: Lepophidium graellsi, Ophidium brevibarbe, Ophidium graellsi, Ophidium graëllsi
Similar species
Pink cusk-eelGenypterus blacodes
LingGenypterus tigerinus
- Digitate Cusk Eel
Dicrolene introniger
- Golden Cusk
Sirembo imberbis
armored weaselfishHoplobrotula armata
- Alcock's Cusk-eel
Alcockia rostrata
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).
- 1,274 open-data records from 1883 to 2006.
- Species data updated November 4, 2026.
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