The New Providence cusk-eel (Lucifuga spelaeotes), also known as the Bahama cavefish, is a species of cavefish in the family Bythitidae. It is endemic to the Bahamas, where it has been reported from a small number of marine blue holes, inland caverns and chasms. It is the only known cusk eel species that can occur in surface waters; all others exclusively live in the deep parts of the ocean, or in underwater caves. It was first described in 1970.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Ophidiiformes |
| Family: | Bythitidae |
| Genus: | Lucifuga |
| Species: | L. spelaeotes
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| Binomial name | |
| Lucifuga spelaeotes Cohen & C. R. Robins, 1970
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References
edit- ^ Dooley, J.; Collette, B.; Aiken, K.A.; Marechal, J.; Pina Amargos, F. (2015). "Lucifuga spelaeotes". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T12398A19929465. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T12398A19929465.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ Cohen, D. M.; Robins, C. R. (1970). "A new ophidioid fish (genus Lucifuga) from a limestone sink, New Providence Island, Bahamas". Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 83 (133–144).
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