Basketweave cusk-eel | |
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Scientific classification | |
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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Synonyms | |
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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]
Basketweave cusk-eel | |
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Scientific classification | |
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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Synonyms | |
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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]