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The pink cusk-eel, Genypterus blacodes, is a cusk eel of the genus Genypterus, found in southern Australia, Chile, Brazil, South Africa and around New Zealand except the east coast of Northland, in depths of a few metres to 1000 metres. Johann Reinhold Forster ( October 22, 1729 &ndash December 9, 1798) was a German naturalist of partial Scottish The Ophidiidae, including the cusk eels, are a group of marine fishes in the order Ophidiiformes. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Chile, officially the Republic of Chile ( Spanish:) is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow Coastal strip wedged between the |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld The Republic of South Africa (also known by other official names) is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island Geography Northland is located in what is often referred to by New Zealanders as the Far North, or because of its mild climate The Winterless North. Their length is between 80 and 200 centimetres, and they live for up to 30 years.
Other names in English include ling, Australian rockling, kingclip, pink ling, and northern ling.
The pink cusk-eel is a robust eel-like fish with bluntly pointed snout, large opaque eys, and an undershot lower jaw. True eels ( Anguilliformes) are an order of Fish, which consists of four suborders 19 families 110 Genera and approximately 600 The slender pelvic fins are set well forward beneath the lower jaw where they may be mistaken for barbels. The Anatomy of Fish is primarily governed by the physical characteristics of Water, which is much denser than air holds a relatively small amount of dissolved A barbel on a Fish is a slender whiskerlike tactile organ near the Mouth. Their teeth are sharp and conical, in the jaws and on the roof of the mouth.
The colour is a sickly orange-pink, turning pink ventrally, and there are irregular patches of brown on the back. In fields of Anatomy, anatomical terms of location are descriptive terms to help identify relative positions or directions within a species The whole is covered with a thick covering of slimy mucus.
Pink cusk-eel are caught commercially on long-lines in deep water, the flesh being firm and tasty.
References
- Genypterus blacodes (TSN 165000). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Integrated Taxonomic Information System ( ITIS) is a partnership designed to provide consistent and reliable information on the Taxonomy of biological Species Retrieved on 19 March 2006. Events 1279 - A Mongolian victory in the Battle of Yamen ends the Song Dynasty in China. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.
- "Genypterus blacodes". FishBase. FishBase is a comprehensive Database of information about Fish. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. January 2006 version. N. p. : FishBase, 2006.
- Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 978-0-00-216987-5
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