Ophidion josephi

Ophidion josephi
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Ophidiiformes
Family: Ophidiidae
Genus: Ophidion
Species: O. josephi
Binomial name
Ophidion josephi
Girard, 1858

Ophidion josephi is a fish species in the family Ophidiidae. Widespread in the Western Atlantic from Georgia to Florida, also in the Gulf of Mexico. Marine tropical demersal fish.

A head of Ophidion josephi

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