Sirembo
Sirembo is a genus of cusk-eels of the subfamily Neobythitinae, family Ophidiidae, which are found in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. The species in this genus have a rather robust body with the dorsal fin originating over vertebrae 1–5. The head and bod are completely covered in scales, they have large eyes which are almost equal in diameter to the length of snout, the pelvic fins have two rays which are joined together within an area of tough skin, They have a short spine on the operculum which does not extend to the posterior edge of the head. Their coloration is variable but almost all species have black spots or eyespots on the dorsal fin, sometimes both, while the middle part of the anal fin frequently has a black band. The body and/or head are marked with diagonal or horizontal dark stripes or horizontal rows of quite large dusky spots.
The generic name is derived for the common name for the golden cusk in Japanese, sirembo.
5 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 5 known species
Chameleon Cusk
speciesSirembo metachroma
Golden Cusk
speciesSirembo imberbis
Lined Cusk
speciesSirembo amaculata
Brownbanded Cusk
speciesSirembo jerdoni
Sirembo wami
speciesSirembo wami
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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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 92089.