The basketweave cusk-eel (Ophidion scrippsae) is a fish species in the family Ophidiidae. It is widespread in the eastern Pacific Ocean from Point Arguello in California, United States, to Baja California. The basketweave cusk-eel is a marine subtropical demersal fish that can be up to 28 centimetres (11 in) long.[2] The specific name honors the journalist and philanthropist Ellen Browning Scripps (1836-1932)[3] one of the founders of the Scripps Research Institute.[4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Ophidiiformes |
| Family: | Ophidiidae |
| Genus: | Ophidion |
| Species: | O. scrippsae
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| Binomial name | |
| Ophidion scrippsae (Hubbs, 1916)
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Sources
edit- ^ Lea, B.; Béarez, P. & McCosker, J. (2010). "Ophidion scrippsae". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T183355A8098770. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T183355A8098770.en.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Ophidion scrippsae". FishBase. December 2012 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (21 March 2018). "Order Ophidiiformes: Families Carapidae and Ophidiidae". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
- ^ "Education: In California". Time. February 22, 1926.
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