Family : Ophidiidae (Cusk-eels) , subfamily: Neobythitinae
Order : Ophidiiformes  (cusk eels)
Class : Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
Fishbase Name : Digitate cusk eel
Fish Name : Dicrolene introniger
Max size : 35.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 27000)
Environment : bathydemersal ; depth range 700 - 1785 m
Climate : deep-water
Global Importance :
Resilience: Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)Distribution : Eastern Atlantic: continental slope all along West Africa. Western Atlantic: warmer parts of the area including the Gulf of Mexico.
Diagnosis : Dorsal spines (total): 0-0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 100-115; Anal spines: 0-0; Anal soft rays: 85-98. Snout rather blunt; eye diameter almost as long as snout; opercular spine strong and straight; hind margin of preopercle usually with 3 sharp spines; 1 median (broad) and a pair of basibranchial tooth patches; pseudobranchial filaments 2 or 3; 7-15 developed rakers on anterior arch; lower 5-11 pectoral fin rays free and longer than upper ones; precaudal vertebrae 13-16 (Ref. 34024). No black fin rays; one supraorbital and 3 preopercular spines all strong (Ref. 34024).
Biology : Common species (Ref. 34024). Oviparous, with oval pelagic eggs floating in a gelatinous mass (Ref. 205)
Threatened : Dangerous:  
Dangerous : harmless
Coordinator :
Main Ref : Nielsen, J.G., D.M. Cohen, D.F. Markle and C.R. Robins. 1999. (Ref. 34024)

India country information
Common Names : [ No common name ]
Status : questionable
Salinity : marine
Uses : no uses