Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Ophidiaria
Ordo: Ophidiiformes
Familia: Ophidiidae
Subfamilia: Ophidiinae
Genus: Ophidion
Species: O. antipholus – O. asiro – O. barbatum – O. beani – †O. bowdenensis – O. dromio – O. exul – O. fulvum – O. galeoides – O. genyopus – O. grayi – O. holbrookii – O. imitator – O. iris – O. josephi – O. lagochila – O. lozanoi – O. marginatum – O. metoecus – O. muraenolepis – O. nocomis – †O. pauxillicauda – O. robinsi – O. rochei – O. saldanhai – O. scrippsae – O. selenops – O. smithi – †O. sporoformis – O. welshi
Name
Ophidion Linnaeus, 1758
Gender: neuter
Type species: Ophidion barbatum Linnaeus, 1758
References
Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiæ: impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. i–ii, 1–824 pp DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542: 259. Open access Reference page.
Ophidion (Linnaeus) in the World Register of Marine Species
Ophidion is a genus of cusk-eels.[1][2]
Species
There 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
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ophidion.
Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Ophidion". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Ophidion in 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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