
Snake-like Cusk-Eels
Ophidion
Ophidion is a genus of cusk-eels.
29 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 29 known species

Striped Cusk-eel
speciesOphidion marginatum

Roche's Snake Blenny
speciesOphidion rochei

Blotched Cusk-eel
speciesOphidion grayi

Basketweave Cusk-eel
speciesOphidion scrippsae

Crested Cusk Eel
speciesOphidion josephi

Ravenous Cusk
speciesOphidion genyopus

Colonial cusk-eel
speciesOphidion robinsi

Ophidion galapagensis
speciesOphidion galapagensis

Bearded Cusk-Eel
speciesOphidion barbatum

Ophidion imitator
speciesOphidion imitator

Island Cusk-eel
speciesOphidion zavalai

Longnose cusk-eel
speciesOphidion holbrookii
Saldanha's Snake Blenny
speciesOphidion saldanhai
Mooneye Cusk-eel
speciesOphidion selenops
Blackedge Cusk
speciesOphidion muraenolepis
Indian Ocean Snake Blenny
speciesOphidion smithi
Ophidion dromio
speciesOphidion dromio
Ophidion exul
speciesOphidion exul
Shy Snake Blenny
speciesOphidion lozanoi
Ophidion metoecus
speciesOphidion metoecus
Ophidion puck
speciesOphidion puck
Ophidion galeoides
speciesOphidion galeoides

Ophidion iris
speciesOphidion iris
Longnose Cusk-eel
speciesOphidion antipholus
Ophidion nocomis
speciesOphidion nocomis
Ophidion fulvum
speciesOphidion fulvum
Ophidion lagochila
speciesOphidion lagochila
Ophidion guianense
speciesOphidion guianense
Goatling Cusk-eel
speciesOphidion asiro
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
In the stacks
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Every page naming Ophidion in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
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 90476.

