Parophidion
Parophidion schmidti
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Ophidiiformes
Family: Ophidiidae
Subfamily: Ophidiinae
Genus: Parophidion
Tortonese, 1954
Type species
Ophidium vassali
Risso, 1810[1]

Parophidion is a genus of cusk-eels found in the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea.[2]

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) - Mediterranean and adjacent areas of the eastern Atlantic.

References

  1. ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Parophidion". 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). 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. pp. 43–44. ISBN 9251043752.
  3. ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Parophidion in FishBase. June 2012 version.


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