Ophidion (fish)

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

Ophidion
Snake blenny (O. barbatum)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Ophidiiformes
Family:	Ophidiidae
Subfamily:	Ophidiinae
Genus:	Ophidion Linnaeus, 1758
Type species
Ophidion barbatum Linnaeus, 1758[1]
Synonyms
Rissola Jordan & Evermann, 1896

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

1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Ophidion". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
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.