Biology:Parophidion

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Parophidion
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Parophidion schmidti
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Ophidiiformes
Family: Ophidiidae
Subfamily: Ophidiinae
Genus: Parophidion
Tortonese, 1954
Type species
Ophidium vassali
Risso, 1810[1]

Parophidion is a genus of cusk-eels found in the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea.[2]

Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[3]

  • 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.

References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Parophidion". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?genid=7440. 
  2. Jørgen G. Nielsen; Daniel M. Cohen; Douglas F. Markle; C. Richard Robins (1999). FAO Species Catalogue Volume 18 Ophidiiform Fishes of the World (Order Ophidiiformes) An annotated and illustrated catalogue of pearlfishes, cusk-eels, brotulas and other ophidiiform fishes known to date. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome. pp. 43–44. ISBN 9251043752. 
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Parophidion in FishBase. June 2012 version.

Wikidata ☰ Q2485484 entry