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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
Synonyms
	Rissola Jordan & Evermann, 1896

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

^ ^a ^b Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Ophidion". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
^ ^a ^b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Ophidion". 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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[CoF-1] Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Ophidion". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 14 July 2018.

[FishBase-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.

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Ophidion (fish)

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