Banded cusk-eel

The banded cusk-eel (Raneya brasiliensis) is a species of cusk-eel found along the southeast coast of South America from southern Brazil to northern Argentina. It occurs at depths of from 40 to 150 metres (130 to 490 ft) and is of minor importance in commercial fisheries. This species grows to a length of 31 centimetres (12 in) TL. It is the only known member of its genus.[1] The generic name honours the American ichthyologist Edward C. Raney (1909-1984) of Cornell University who introduced the describer Charles R. Robins to ichthyology.[2]

Banded cusk-eel
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Ophidiiformes
Family: Ophidiidae
Subfamily: Ophidiinae
Genus: Raneya
C. R. Robins, 1961
Species:
R. brasiliensis
Binomial name
Raneya brasiliensis
(Kaup, 1856)
Synonyms
  • Ophidium brasiliense Kaup, 1856
  • Lepophidium fluminense Miranda Ribeiro, 1903
  • Raneya fluminensis (Miranda Ribeiro, 1903)

References
  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Raneya brasiliensis" in FishBase. June 2012 version.
  2. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (21 March 2018). "Order OPHIDIIFORMES: Families CARAPIDAE and OPHIDIIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 12 July 2018.


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