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Genus of fishes
Ophidion is a
genus of
cusk-eels.
[1]
[2]
Species
There are currently 29 recognized species in this genus:
[2]
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Ophidion antipholus
R. N. Lea &
C. R. Robins, 2003 (Longnose cusk-eel)
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Ophidion asiro (
D. S. Jordan &
Fowler, 1902)
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Ophidion barbatum
Linnaeus, 1758 (Snake blenny)
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Ophidion dromio
R. N. Lea &
C. R. Robins, 2003 (Shorthead cusk-eel)
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Ophidion exul
C. R. Robins, 1991
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Ophidion fulvum (
Hildebrand &
F. O. Barton, 1949) (Earspot cusk-eel)
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Ophidion galeoides (
C. H. Gilbert, 1890) (Striped cusk-eel)
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Ophidion genyopus (
J. D. Ogilby, 1897) (Ravenous cusk)
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Ophidion grayi (
Fowler, 1948) (Blotched cusk-eel)
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Ophidion guianense
R. N. Lea &
C. R. Robins, 2003 (Guianan cusk-eel)
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Ophidion holbrookii
Putnam, 1874 (Band cusk-eel)
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Ophidion imitator
R. N. Lea, 1997 (Mimic cusk-eel)
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Ophidion iris
Breder, 1936 (Rainbow cusk-eel)
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Ophidion josephi
Girard, 1858
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Ophidion lagochila (
J. E. Böhlke &
C. R. Robins, 1959) (Harelip cusk)
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Ophidion lozanoi
Matallanas, 1990
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Ophidion marginatum
DeKay, 1842 (Striped cusk-eel)
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Ophidion metoecus
C. R. Robins, 1991
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Ophidion muraenolepis
Günther, 1880 (Blackedge cusk)
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Ophidion nocomis
C. R. Robins &
J. E. Böhlke, 1959 (Letter opener)
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Ophidion puck
R. N. Lea &
C. R. Robins, 2003 (Pallid cusk-eel)
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Ophidion robinsi
Fahay, 1992 (Colonial cusk-eel)
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Ophidion rochei
J. P. Müller, 1845 (Roche's snake blenny)
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Ophidion saldanhai
Matallanas &
Brito, 1999
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Ophidion scrippsae (
C. L. Hubbs, 1916) (Basketweave cusk-eel)
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Ophidion selenops
C. R. Robins &
J. E. Böhlke, 1959 (Mooneye cusk-eel)
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Ophidion smithi (
Fowler, 1934)
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Ophidion welshi (
Nichols &
Breder, 1922) (Crested cusk-eel)
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Ophidion zavalai Rotundo, Caires, Oliveira, Kuranaka, Figueiredo-Filho & Marceniuk 2023
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References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to
Ophidion.
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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.
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a
b Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012).
Species of Ophidion in
FishBase. June 2012 version.
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^ 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.