Parophidion
Parophidion is a genus of cusk-eels found in the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea.[2]
Parophidion | |
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Parophidion schmidti | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Ophidiiformes |
Family: | Ophidiidae |
Subfamily: | Ophidiinae |
Genus: | Parophidion Tortonese, 1954 |
Type species | |
Ophidium vassali Risso, 1810[1] |
Species
There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[3]
- Parophidion schmidti (Woods & Kanazawa, 1951) (Dusky cusk-eel) - western Atlantic Bermuda to northern South America.
- Parophidion vassali (A. Risso, 1810) - Meiterranean and adjacent areas of the eastern Atlantic.
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References
- Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Parophidion". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
- Jørgen G. Nielsen; Daniel M. Cohen; Douglas F. Markle & C. Richard Robins (1999). FAO Species Catalogue Volume 18 Ophidiiform Fishes of the World (Order Ophidiiformes) An annotated and illustrated catalogue of pearlfishes, cusk-eels, brotulas and other ophidiiform fishes known to date. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome. p. 43-44. ISBN 9251043752.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Parophidion in FishBase. June 2012 version.
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