Scientific Name
Ophidion puck
Common Name
Pallid cusk-eel
Biology
Dorsal
soft rays
(total): 129-130;
Anal
soft rays: 100 - 101;
Vertebrae: 70. This species possess the following diagnostic characters: D 129-130; A 100-101; pectoral-fin rays 21-22; vertebrae, precaudal 17-18, caudal 52- 53, total 70; gill rakers on first arch 6, 2 rudiments on upper arm, 4 short, developed essentially equal rakers on lower arm (Ref. 81834).