Image of Cusk
Description:
Description: Typically, this species is dirty white, grading back to a darker tail as in this image.
Item Type: Image
Title: Xyelacyba myersi
Copyright: SERPENT
Species: Xyelacyba myersi
Behaviour: Possibly in feeding posture. Feeding on suprabenthic crustaceans?
Site: Indian -- Indian Ocean -- East Africa -- Ngisi-1
Site Description: Seafloor
Depth (m): 1328
Countries: East Africa -- Tanzania
Rig: Deep Sea Metro I
Project Partners: BG Group, Oceaneering
ROV: Millennium 113
Deposited By: Dr Andrew Gates
Deposited On: 10 September 2014
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- Xyelacyba (Cusk)
- Xyelacyba myersi (Gargoyle cusk)
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