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Polka-dot Cusk-eel
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Polka-dot Cusk-eel

Otophidium omostigma

The polka-dot cusk-eel (Otophidium omostigma), is a species of ray-finned fish found in the Western Atlantic. It's found in subtropical waters around 10 to 50 m (33 to 164 ft) below the surface.

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Description

Its body is short and flattened. It has brown colored spots around its body and also a black spot around the gills and the dorsal fin. It's anal fins is broad and black. It maxes out at 12.9 cm (5.1 in).

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 131439.