''Chilara taylori'', the spotted cusk-eel, is a species of

cusk-eel The cusk-eel family, Ophidiidae, is a group of marine bony fishes in the Ophidiiformes order. The scientific name is from the Greek ''ophis'' meaning "snake", and refers to their eel-like appearance. True eels, however, diverged from other ray ...

found along the eastern coast of the Pacific Ocean where it is found at depths down to around from

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, United States to Ecuador. This species grows to a length of TL. It is the only known member of its

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Ophidiidae Fish of the Pacific Ocean Fish described in 1858 Taxa named by Charles Frédéric Girard {{Ophidiidae-stub