Species: Lepophidium negropinna, Speckle-fin cusk-eel, Speckled cusk-eel

Lepophidium negropinna Hildebrand & Barton, 1949

Speckled cusk-eel, Speckle-fin cusk-eel

Elongate, eel-like; head low, compressed; tail compressed, tapering to a point; head long, low, as wide as high at preopercle; snout spine prominent, reaching well beyond tip of top jaw; eye ~ 1/5 head length; mouth large, broad, nearly horizontal; top jaw ends well beyond eye; teeth on jaws small, simple, in bands; no tooth patch on base of gill arches; gill rakers: 3 (2-4) rudiments above, 4 (4-5) developed rakers below + 5-8 (1-10) rudiments, total 12-16; opercle with concealed spine; dorsal origin a little behind base of pectoral; pectoral long, reaching over ½ way to anal fin, 23-24 (21-25); dorsal 138-146 (138-148) rays; anal fin 117-120 (111-123) rays;  dorsal and anal fins low, confluent with tail; each pelvic is a pair of small threads inserted under eye; scales round, small, in regular rows, on head extending to between or before eyes, on cheeks and opercle, ~ 225 in lateral series.