Longray Cusk
Neobythites longipes
- Usual depth296–472 m
- Water temperature27–29 °C
- Best monthsFebruary and September
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 0 records
- February: 8 records
- March: 0 records
- April: 4 records
- May: 0 records
- June: 3 records
- July: 0 records
- August: 2 records
- September: 11 records
- October: 0 records
- November: 3 records
- December: 1 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 296–472 m · Deepest record: 622 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 27–29 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Longray Cusk
Names in 1 more languages
- Simplified Chinese
- 長新鼬魚, 長新鼬鳚, 鼬魚
Similar species
- Spotfin Cusk
Neobythites macrops
- Pure Cusk
Neobythites purus
- Onespot Cusk
Neobythites unimaculatus
Pink cusk-eelGenypterus blacodes
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).
- 77 open-data records from 1908 to 2007.
- Species data updated October 30, 2026.
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