Parophidion
Sign in to saveParophidion is a genus of cusk-eels found in the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderOphidiiformes
- FamilyOphidiidae
Habitatmarine
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 7
- Family
- Ophidiidae
- Collections
- ICML-UNAM, ANSP, UF, USNM
- Recorded in
- Mexico, Belize, United States, Puerto Rico
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- Parent taxon
- Ophidiidae
- Image
- Parophidion schmidti.jpg
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Parophidion is a genus of cusk-eels found in the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea.
==Species== There are currently two recognized species in this genus: 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.
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