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Ophidiidae
Also known as cusk-eels
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.
Species
cusk-eels
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderOphidiiformes
- FamilyOphidiidae
Habitatmarine, brackish, freshwater
Observations recorded274,674
鼬魚科（Ophidiidae），又名蛇鳚科，為輻鰭魚綱鼬魚目的一科，為海生硬骨魚。其名稱來自希臘語 ophis ，意思是“蛇”，用來指他們鰻魚樣的外表。但是通過腹鰭可以很容易地將它們與鰻形目的魚區分出來，前者的腹鰭發展成了分叉的魚鬚，而真正的鰻魚基本上腹鰭發育都不完善，有些甚至已經消失了。[1] 發現於全世界的溫帶和熱帶海域，基本上生活在2,000米（6,600英尺）深的海底。其中的神女底鼬鳚被報導發現於波多黎各海溝8,370米（27,460英尺）深處。[2] 其下最大的種是希氏软鼬鳚，長度可達2米（6.6英尺），不過大多數中都長不過一米。與其近親深海鼬鱼科的魚不同，鼬魚科的魚是卵生的，生活在海表面的浮游生物之間。[2] 其下的一些種還被用於商業用途，最著名的是羽鼬鳚。 目录 1 分類 1.1 底鼬鳚屬(Abyssobrotula) 1.2 大棘鼬鳚屬(Acanthonus) 1.3 狡鼬鳚屬(Alcockia) 1.4 蜂鼬鳚屬(Apagesoma) 1.5 Barathrites屬 1.6 淵鼬鳚屬(Barathrodemus) 1.7 大淵鼬鳚屬(Bassogigas) 1.8 索深鼬鳚屬(Bassozetus) 1.9 深水鼬鳚屬(Bathyonus) 1.10 深水鬚鳚屬(Benthocometes) 1.11 鬚鼬鳚屬(Brotula) 1.12 花鬚鼬鳚屬(Brotulotaenia) 1.13 齒蛇鳚屬(Cherublemma) 1.14 唇鼬鳚屬(Chilara) 1.15 澳鼬鳚屬(Dannevigia) 1.16 絲指鼬鳚屬(Dicrolene) 1.17 鰻鼬鳚屬(Enchelybrotula) 1.18 上新鼬鳚屬(Epetriodus) 1.19 槳鼬鳚屬(Eretmichthys) 1.20 羽鼬鳚屬(Genypterus) 1.21 曲鼬鳚屬(Glyptophidium) 1.22 鈍吻鼬鳚屬(Holcomycteronus) 1.23 長趾鼬鳚屬(Homostolus) 1.24 棘鼬鳚屬(Hoplobrotula) 1.25 棘鼬鳚屬(Hoplodoras) 1.26 下肋鼬鳚屬(Hypopleuron) 1.27 軟鼬鳚屬(Lamprogrammus) 1.28 鱗鼬鳚屬(Lepophidium) 1.29 白鼬鳚屬(Leucicorus) 1.30 白鬚鼬鳚屬(Leucobrotula) 1.31 矛鼬鳚屬(Luciobrotula) 1.32 鞭尾鼬鳚屬(Moebia) 1.33 單趾鼬鳚屬(Monomitopus) 1.34 新鳚屬(Neoblennius) 1.35 新鼬鳚屬(Neobythites) 1.36 鼬鳚屬(Ophidion) 1.37 孔鰾鼬鳚屬(Otophidium) 1.38 副蛇鳚屬(Paro
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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.
The oldest fossil cusk-eel is Ampheristus, a highly successful genus with numerous species that existed from the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) to the early Oligocene.