Ophidiidae

The cusk-eel family, Ophidiidae, is a group of marine bony fishes in the Ophidiiformes order. The scientific name is from the Greek ophis meaning "snake", and refers to their eel-like appearance. True eels diverged from other ray-finned fish during the Jurassic, while cusk-eels are part of the Percomorpha clade, along with tuna, perch, seahorses, and others.

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Genypterus capensis, commonly known as kingklip, is a species of cusk eel occurring along the Southern African coast from Walvis Bay in Namibia to Algoa Bay in South Africa. It is closely related to Genypterus blacodes from New Zealand. The species grows to a maximum length of 180 cm and a weight of 15.0 kg. It is one of the most popular fish items on South African menus. Despite appearances, it is not closely related to the eels of the order Anguilliformes.

Lamprogrammus is a genus of cusk-eels.

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Genypterus is a genus of cusk-eels.

Holcomycteronus is a genus of cusk-eels. It includes Holcomycteronus profundissimus, long thought to be the deepest-living fish in the world's oceans.

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Bassogigas is a genus of cusk eel from the subfamily Neobythitinae, part of the family Ophidiidae. The generic name "Bassogigas" comes from a combination of two Latin words: bassus, which means "deep" and gigas which means "giant". The species are found in the Indo-Pacific and western Atlantic Ocean.

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Bassozetus is a genus of cusk-eels found in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans.

Benthocometes is a genus of cusk-eels.

Brotulotaenia is a genus of cusk-eels. It is the only genus in the subfamily Brotulotaeniinae.

Neobythites is a genus of cusk-eels.

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Dicrolene is a genus of cusk-eels.

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

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Spectrunculus is a genus of cusk-eels found in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

Barathrodemus is a genus of cusk-eels found in deep waters.

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species of fish in the order Ophidiiformes

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Apagesoma is a genus of cusk-eel found in deep oceanic waters.

Pycnocraspedum is a genus of cusk-eels.

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Sirembo is a genus of cusk-eels of the subfamily Neobythitinae, family Ophidiidae, which are found in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. The species in this genus have a rather robust body with the dorsal fin originating over vertebrae 1–5. The head and bod are completely covered in scales, they have large eyes which are almost equal in diameter to the length of snout, the pelvic fins have two rays which are joined together within an area of tough skin, They have a short spine on the operculum which does not extend to the posterior edge of the head. Their coloration is variable but almost all spec

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Bathyonus is a genus of cusk-eels.

Lepophidium is a genus of cusk-eels.

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Monomitopus is a genus of cusk-eels. They are oviparous.

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Porogadus is a genus of cusk-eels.