Parophidion vassali Risso's Cusk-Eel

Parophidion vassali is commonly referred to as Risso's Cusk-Eel. Difficulty in the aquarium: Pas pour l'aquarium!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

4761 

AphiaID:

126677 

Scientific:

Parophidion vassali 

German:

Bartmännchen 

English:

Risso's Cusk-Eel 

Category:

 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Ophidiiformes (Order) > Ophidiidae (Family) > Parophidion (Genus) > vassali (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Risso, ), 1810 

Occurrence:

Tunesien, Straße von Gibraltar, Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), East-Atlantic Ocean, European Coasts, France, Morocco, Northern Africa, Spain, The Aegan Sea (Mediterranean), the Canary Islands, the Mediterranean Sea 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

20 - 200 Meter 

Size:

up to 9.84" (25 cm) 

Temperature:

39.2 °F - 75.2 °F (4°C - 24°C) 

Food:

Crabs, Crustaceans, Edible crab, Predatory, Schrimps, Worms, Zoobenthos 

Difficulty:

Pas pour l'aquarium! 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Data deficient (DD) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Parophidion schmidti
• 
  Parophidion vassali
  Bartmännchen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2012-10-22 20:15:15 

Last edit:

2025-05-16 18:29:14 

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