Band cusk-eel
| Band cusk-eel | |
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| 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 | |
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Band cusk-eel (Ophidion holbrookii) is a fish species in the family Ophidiidae. Widespread in the Western Atlantic from North Carolina, United States, 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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