Banded cusk-eel

{{Short description|Species of fish}} {{Speciesbox | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref>{{cite iucn |author=Cobián Rojas, D. |author2=Espinosa-Perez, H. |author3=Vega-Cendejas, M. |year=2019 |title=''Raneya brasiliensis'' |volume=2019 |article-number=e.T195044A132966285 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T195044A132966285.en |access-date=22 May 2025}}</ref> | parent_authority = C. R. Robins, 1961 | taxon = Raneya brasiliensis | display_parents = 2 | authority = (Kaup, 1856) | synonyms = *''Ophidium brasiliense'' Kaup, 1856 *''Lepophidium fluminense'' Miranda Ribeiro, 1903 *''Raneya fluminensis'' (Miranda Ribeiro, 1903) }}

The '''banded cusk-eel''' ('''''Raneya brasiliensis''''') is a species of cusk-eel found along the southeast coast of South America from southern Brazil to northern Argentina. It occurs at depths of from {{convert|40|to|150|m|ft}} and is of minor importance in commercial fisheries. This species grows to a length of {{convert|31|cm|in}} TL. It is the only known member of its genus.<ref name = FishBase>{{FishBase |genus= Raneya|species= brasiliensis| month = June | year = 2012}}</ref> The generic name honours the American ichthyologist Edward C. Raney (1909–1984) of Cornell University who introduced the describer Charles R. Robins to ichthyology.<ref name = ETYFish>{{cite web | url = https://www.etyfish.org/ophidiiformes1/ | title = Order OPHIDIIFORMES: Families CARAPIDAE and OPHIDIIDAE | access-date = 12 July 2018 | publisher = Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara | author1 = Christopher Scharpf | author2 = Kenneth J. Lazara | name-list-style = amp | date = 21 March 2018 | work = The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database}}</ref>

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Category:Ophidiidae Category:Taxa named by Johann Jakob Kaup Category:Fish described in 1856