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The Pink Cusk-eel (''Genypterus blacodes'') is a Cusk Eel of the genus '' Genypterus '', found in southern Australia , Chile , Brazil , and around New Zealand except the east coast of Northland , in depths of a few metres to 1000 metres. Their length is between 80 and 200 centimetres, and they live for up to 30 years. Other names in English include Ling, '''Australian Rockling''', '''Kingclip''', '''Pink Ling''', and '''Northern Ling'''. The Pink Cusk-eel is a robust Eel -like fish with bluntly pointed snout, large opaque eys, and an undershot lower jaw. The slender Pelvic Fin s are set well forward beneath the lower jaw where they may be mistaken for barbels. Their teeth are sharp and conical, in the jaws and on the roof of the mouth. The colour is a sickly orange-pink, turning pink Ventral ly, and there are irregular patches of brown on the back. The whole is covered with a thick covering of slimy mucus. Pink Cusk-eel are caught commercially on long-lines in deep water, the flesh being firm and tasty. REFERENCES
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