Otophidium

Life-forms

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: Otophidium
Species: O. chickcharney – O. dormitator – O. indefatigabile – O. omostigma
Name

Otophidium Gill in Jordan, 1885

Gender: neut.

Type species: Genypterus omostigma Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 by original designation.
References

Jordan, D. S. 1885. A catalogue of the fishes known to inhabit the waters of North America, north of the Tropic of Cancer, with notes on species discovered in 1883 and 1884. Report of the United States Fish Commission v. 13 (1885): 789–973.
Nielsen, J. G., D. M. Cohen, D. F. Markle, and C. R. Robins (1999). FAO species catalogue. Vol. 18. Ophidiiform fishes of the world (Order Ophidiiformes). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of pearl-fishes, cusk-eels, brotulas and other ophidiiform fishes known to date. Rome: FAO Fisheries Synopsis. No. 125. ISBN 9251043752. Archived from the original on 2009-08-06.
Otophidium – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Otophidium is a genus of cusk-eels, part of the subfamily Ophidiinae in the family Ophidiidae. They are found in the western Atlantic and eastern Pacific.[2]
Species

There are currently four recognized species in this genus:[3]

Otophidium chickcharney J. E. Böhlke & Robins, 1959 (Ghost cusk-eel)
Otophidium dormitator J. E. Böhlke & Robins, 1959 (Sleeper cusk-eel)
Otophidium indefatigabile D. S. Jordan & Bollman, 1890 (Bighead cusk-eel)
Otophidium omostigma (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882) (Polka-dot cusk-eel)

References

Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Otophidium". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
Jørgen G. Nielsen; Daniel M. Cohen; Douglas F. Markle & C. Richard Robins (1999). Ophidiiform Fishes of the World (Order Ophidiiformes) An annotated and illustrated catalogue of pearlfishes, cusk-eels, brotulas and other ophidiiform fishes known to date. FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 18. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome. pp. 42–43. ISBN 9251043752.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Otophidium in FishBase. June 2012 version.