Animalia > Chordata > Ophidiiformes > Bythitidae > Lucifuga

Lucifuga (cuban blind fishes)

Synonyms: Stygicola

Wikipedia Abstract

Lucifuga is a genus of viviparous brotulas. Most of the species are native to caves and sinkholes in Cuba and the Bahamas; L. inopinata from deep water off the Galápagos Islands is the only exception. The four species rated by the IUCN are all considered vulnerable. The largest species in the genus reaches about 15 cm (5.9 in) in length.
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Species

Lucifuga dentata (Toothed Cuban cusk-eel) (Endangered)
Lucifuga gibarensis (Gibara Cave Brotula) (Endangered)
Lucifuga inopinata
Lucifuga lucayana (Lucaya cavebrotula) (Endangered)
Lucifuga simile (Blind Cave Brotula) (Critically Endangered)
Lucifuga spelaeotes (Bahaman cavefish) (Vulnerable)
Lucifuga subterranea (Cuban cusk-eel) (Endangered)
Lucifuga teresinarum (Vulnerable)

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0