Ophidion is a genus of cusk-eels.[1][2]
| Ophidion | |
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| Snake blenny (O. barbatum) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Ophidiiformes |
| Family: | Ophidiidae |
| Subfamily: | Ophidiinae |
| Genus: | Ophidion Linnaeus, 1758 |
| Type species | |
| Ophidion barbatum Linnaeus, 1758[1]
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| Synonyms | |
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Rissola Jordan & Evermann, 1896 | |
Species
editThere are currently 29 recognized species in this genus:[2]
- Ophidion antipholus R. N. Lea & C. R. Robins, 2003 (Longnose cusk-eel)
- Ophidion asiro (D. S. Jordan & Fowler, 1902)
- Ophidion barbatum Linnaeus, 1758 (Snake blenny)
- Ophidion dromio R. N. Lea & C. R. Robins, 2003 (Shorthead cusk-eel)
- Ophidion exul C. R. Robins, 1991
- Ophidion fulvum (Hildebrand & F. O. Barton, 1949) (Earspot cusk-eel)
- Ophidion galeoides (C. H. Gilbert, 1890) (Striped cusk-eel)
- Ophidion genyopus (J. D. Ogilby, 1897) (Ravenous cusk)
- Ophidion grayi (Fowler, 1948) (Blotched cusk-eel)
- Ophidion guianense R. N. Lea & C. R. Robins, 2003 (Guianan cusk-eel)
- Ophidion holbrookii Putnam, 1874 (Band cusk-eel)
- Ophidion imitator R. N. Lea, 1997 (Mimic cusk-eel)
- Ophidion iris Breder, 1936 (Rainbow cusk-eel)
- Ophidion josephi Girard, 1858
- Ophidion lagochila (J. E. Böhlke & C. R. Robins, 1959) (Harelip cusk)
- Ophidion lozanoi Matallanas, 1990
- Ophidion marginatum DeKay, 1842 (Striped cusk-eel)
- Ophidion metoecus C. R. Robins, 1991
- Ophidion muraenolepis Günther, 1880 (Blackedge cusk)
- Ophidion nocomis C. R. Robins & J. E. Böhlke, 1959 (Letter opener)
- Ophidion puck R. N. Lea & C. R. Robins, 2003 (Pallid cusk-eel)
- Ophidion robinsi Fahay, 1992 (Colonial cusk-eel)
- Ophidion rochei J. P. Müller, 1845 (Roche's snake blenny)
- Ophidion saldanhai Matallanas & Brito, 1999
- Ophidion scrippsae (C. L. Hubbs, 1916) (Basketweave cusk-eel)
- Ophidion selenops C. R. Robins & J. E. Böhlke, 1959 (Mooneye cusk-eel)
- Ophidion smithi (Fowler, 1934)
- Ophidion welshi (Nichols & Breder, 1922) (Crested cusk-eel)
- Ophidion zavalai Rotundo, Caires, Oliveira, Kuranaka, Figueiredo-Filho & Marceniuk 2023[3]
References
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- ^ a b Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Ophidion". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Ophidion". FishBase. June 2012 version.
- ^ Rotundo, Matheus Marcos; Caires, Rodrigo Antunes; Oliveira, Claudio; Kuranaka, Mariana; Figueiredo-Filho, Jessé Miranda De; Marceniuk, Alexandre Pires (2023-07-19). "Taxonomic revision of the Ophidion holbrookii Putnam, 1874 (Ophidiiformes: Ophidiidae) species complex, with description of a new species from Brazil". Zootaxa. 5318 (2): 237–252. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5318.2.4.
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