Band cusk-eel

Band cusk-eel

Conservation status
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Ophidiiformes
Family:	Ophidiidae
Genus:	Ophidion
Species:	O. holbrookii
Binomial name
*Ophidion holbrookii* Putnam, 1874
Synonyms
Ophidion beani (non Jordan & Gilbert, 1883) Ophidion holbrooki Putnam, 1874 Ophidium beani (non Jordan & Gilbert, 1883) Ophidium holbrookii Putnam, 1874

Band cusk-eel (Ophidion holbrookii) is a fish species in the family Ophidiidae. Widespread in the Western Atlantic from North Carolina, USA, and northern Gulf of Mexico to southeastern Brazil. Absent from the Bahamas. Marine reef-associated tropical demersal fish, up to 30 cm long.

Sources

Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Ophidion holbrookii" in FishBase. December 2012 version.

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