{{Short description|Genus of fishes}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = FMIB 40957 Lucifuga subterraneus.jpeg | image_caption = ''Lucifuga subterraneus'' | taxon = Lucifuga | display_parents = 2 | authority = Poey, 1858 | type_species = ''Lucifuga subterraneus'' | type_species_authority = Poey 1858<ref name = CoF>{{BioRef|cof|genid=2722|title=Lucifuga |name-list-style=vanc|access-date=24 December 2020}}</ref>
| subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = 8, see text | synonyms = ''Stygicola'' <small>Gill, 1863</small> }}
'''''Lucifuga''''' is a genus of viviparous brotulas. Most of the species are native to caves and sinkholes in Cuba and the Bahamas; ''L. inopinata'' from deep water off the Galápagos Islands is the only exception. The four species rated by the IUCN are all considered vulnerable. The largest species in the genus reaches about {{convert|15|cm|abbr=on}} in length.<ref name=fishbase/> ==Species== There are currently eight recognized species in this genus:<ref name=fishbase>{{FishBase genus | genus = Lucifuga| month = June | year = 2012}}</ref> * ''Lucifuga dentata'' <small>Poey, 1858</small> (Toothed Cuban cusk-eel) *''Lucifuga gibarensis'' {{Small|Hernández, Møller, Casane & García-Machado, 2020}}<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Hernández D, Møller PR, Casane D, García-Machado E | title = Lucifuga (Ophidiiformes, Bythitidae), from eastern Cuba | journal = ZooKeys | pages = 17–35 | date = 2020-06-07 | issue = 946 | pmid = 32728339 | pmc = 7358250 | doi = 10.3897/zookeys.946.51373 | url = https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/51373/ | doi-access = free }}</ref> * ''Lucifuga inopinata'' <small>Cohen & McCosker, 1998</small> * ''Lucifuga lucayana'' <small>Møller, Schwarzhans, Iliffe & J. G. Nielsen, 2006</small> (Lucaya cavebrotula) * ''Lucifuga simile'' <small>Nalbant, 1981</small> * ''Lucifuga spelaeotes'' <small>Cohen & C. R. Robins, 1970</small> (New Providence cusk-eel) * ''Lucifuga subterranea'' <small>Poey, 1858</small> (Cuban cusk-eel) * ''Lucifuga teresinarum'' <small>Díaz Pérez, 1988</small>
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Category:Bythitidae Category:Cave fish Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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