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Chilara taylori (Girard, 1858)
Spotted cusk-eel
Uncommon species found on sandy bottom from the shore to 280 m. Adults often burrow tail-first in sand, live in mucus-lined holes, mud, eelgrass and rock rubble.
Mostly active at night
Classification:
Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopteri (Class) > Ophidiiformes (Order) > Ophidiidae (Family) > Ophidiinae (Subfamily) > Chilara (Genus)
Spotted cusk-eel
Uncommon species found on sandy bottom from the shore to 280 m. Adults often burrow tail-first in sand, live in mucus-lined holes, mud, eelgrass and rock rubble.
Mostly active at night
Classification:
Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopteri (Class) > Ophidiiformes (Order) > Ophidiidae (Family) > Ophidiinae (Subfamily) > Chilara (Genus)






Donna Pomeroy, USA