Ophidion (fish)

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Ophidion
Ophidion barbatum (Stefano Guerrieri) 1.jpg
Snake blenny (O. barbatum)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Ophidiiformes
Family: Ophidiidae
Subfamily: Ophidiinae
Genus: Ophidion
Linnaeus, 1758
Type species
Ophidion barbatum
Linnaeus, 1758 [1]
Synonyms

RissolaJordan & Evermann, 1896

Ophidion is a genus of cusk-eels. [1] [2]

Species

There are currently 29 recognized species in this genus: [2]

References

  1. 1 2 Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Ophidion". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  2. 1 2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Ophidion". FishBase . June 2012 version.
  3. 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.