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Banded cusk-eel
The
banded
cusk-eel
is a
species
of cusk-eel found along the
southeast
coast
of
South America
from
southern
Brazil
to
northern
Argentina
. It occurs at
depths
of from and is of
minor
importance
in
commercial fisheries
. This species grows to a
length
of
TL
. It is the only known member of its
genus
. The
generic name
honours
the American
ichthyologist
Edward
C.
Raney
of
Cornell University
who introduced the
describer
Charles
R.
Robins
to
ichthyology
.