Ophidiinae
Ophidiinae is a subfamily of the cusk eel family Ophidiidae. The species in the subfamily are characterised by having their pelvic fins situated far forward on the body and supported by an forward orientated extension of the pelvic girdle, they lack barbels on the mouth and chin and they are covered in small cycloid scales arranged in horizontal or diagonal rows. Some species have a modified swim bladder and the anterior vertebrae which enables them to...
8 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first · about 67 known species
Genypterus
genusGenypterus
Snake-like Cusk-Eels
genusOphidion
Chilara
genusChilara
Lepophidium
genusLepophidium
Parophidion
genusParophidion
Raneya
genusRaneya
Cherublemma
genusCherublemma
Otophidium
genusOtophidium
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 788540.