Chilara taylori
| Chilara taylori | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Ophidiiformes |
| Family: | Ophidiidae |
| Genus: | Chilara D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1896 |
| Species: | C. taylori |
| Binomial name | |
| Chilara taylori (Girard, 1858) | |
Chilara taylori, the spotted cusk-eel, is a species of cusk-eel found along the eastern coast of the Pacific Ocean where it is found at depths of around 280 metres (920 ft) from Washington, USA to Ecuador. This species grows to a length of 40.4 centimetres (15.9 in) TL. It is the only known member of its genus.
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Chilara taylori" in FishBase. June 2012 version.