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''Lucifuga'' is a genus of
viviparous brotula The viviparous brotulas form a family, the Bythitidae, of ophidiiform fishes. They are known as viviparous brotulas as they generally bear live young, although there are indications that some species (at least '' Didymothallus criniceps'') do n ...
s. Most of the species are native to caves and
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s in
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and
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; ''L. inopinata'' from deep water off the
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is the only exception. The four species rated by the
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are all considered vulnerable. The largest species in the genus reaches about in length.


Species

There are currently eight recognized species in this genus: * '' Lucifuga dentata'' Poey, 1858 (Toothed Cuban cusk-eel) *'' Lucifuga gibarensis'' * '' Lucifuga inopinata''
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& McCosker, 1998
* '' Lucifuga lucayana''
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, 1981
* '' Lucifuga spelaeotes''
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& C. R. Robins, 1970
(New Providence cusk-eel) * '' Lucifuga subterranea'' Poey, 1858 (Cuban cusk-eel) * '' Lucifuga teresinarum'' Díaz Pérez, 1988


References

Bythitidae Cave fish Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Bythitidae-stub