Cusk-eel
Ophidiidae
Not Kosher
Description
A few cusk-eels are fished commercially, most notably the pink cusk-eel.
Cusk-eels live in temperate and tropical oceans worldwide, close to the sea bottom, from shallow water down to the deepest trenches. One species was recorded at 8,370 meters in the Puerto Rico Trench, the deepest fish ever recorded.
Also known as
- Cusk eel
- Brotula
Cusk-eel in foreign languages
| Scientific | Ophidiidae |
| Hebrew | זלדקניים |
| Arabic | أنقليس كاذب |
| French | Ophidiidés |
| German | Bartmännchen |
| Russian | Ошибневые |
| Chinese | 鼬魚科 |
| Japanese | アシロ科 |
| Korean | 첨치과 |
| Indonesian | Belukur |
Warnings & Kosher Issues
- A long, slender fish whose scales are tiny or absent, so it doesn't meet the kosher standard and is not kosher.
- Not a true eel. Unlike true eels, cusk-eels have a forked, barbel-like organ below the mouth.