Band cusk-eel

Band cusk-eel
Conservation status
	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
Synonyms
	Ophidion beani (non Jordan & Gilbert, 1883); Ophidion holbrooki Putnam, 1874; Ophidium beani (non Jordan & Gilbert, 1883); Ophidium holbrookii Putnam, 1874;

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; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2012). "Ophidion holbrookii" in FishBase. December 2012 version.

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