Blackedge cusk

Blackedge cusk
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Ophidiiformes
Family: Ophidiidae
Genus: Ophidion
Species: O. muraenolepis
Binomial name
Ophidion muraenolepis
Günther, 1880
Synonyms
  • Ophidium muraenolepis Günther, 1880
  • Ophiodon muraenolepis Günther, 1880

Blackedge cusk (Ophidion muraenolepis) is a fish species in the family Ophidiidae. Widespread in the Pacific Ocean from Taiwan and the Arafura Sea to Hawaii. Marine subtropical demersal fish, up to 15.5 cm long.

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