Lucifuga subterranea

Species of fish

Lucifuga subterranea

Conservation status

Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Actinopterygii
Order:  | Ophidiiformes
Family:  | Bythitidae
Genus:  | Lucifuga
Species:  |

L. subterranea

Binomial name
Lucifuga subterranea

Poey, 1858

Lucifuga subterranea, or the Cuban cusk-eel, is a species of cavefish in the family Bythitidae. It is endemic to Cuba. Within the caves, sinkholes and crevices in which it occurs it is common, it feeds on cirolanid isopods.[2]

## References

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1. ^ García-Machado, E.; Lyons, T.J. (2021). "Lucifuga subterranea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T12400A124285510. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T12400A124285510.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Lucifuga subterranea year-2018". FishBase.

Taxon identifiers

Lucifuga subterranea|

* Wikidata: Q531096
* BOLD: 302415
* CoL: 72P9Y
* EoL: 356114
* FishBase: 27640
* GBIF: 2346323
* iNaturalist: 104832
* IRMNG: 10761372
* ITIS: 622897
* IUCN: 12400
* NCBI: 670424
* Open Tree of Life: 599231
* Plazi: FA591370-FCE6-E1EA-2B4E-141675BD3A23
* WoRMS: 1021351

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