Otophidium

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]

Otophidium
Polka-dot Cusk-eel (O. omostigma)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Ophidiiformes
Family: Ophidiidae
Subfamily: Ophidiinae
Genus: Otophidium
T. N. Gill, 1885
Type species
Genypterus omostigma
Jordan & Gilbert, 1882[1]

Species

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

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References
  1. Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Otophidium". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  2. 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. 18. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome. pp. 42–43. ISBN 9251043752.
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Otophidium in FishBase. June 2012 version.


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