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Ophidion josephi

Conservation status


Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Ophidiiformes
Family: Ophidiidae
Genus: Ophidion
Species:
O. josephi
Binomial name
Ophidion josephi

Girard, 1858

Synonyms
  • Otophidium welshi Nichols & Breder, 1922
  • Ophidion welshi (Nichols & Breder, 1922)

Ophidion josephi is a fish species in the family Ophidiidae. Widespread in the Western Atlantic from GeorgiatoFlorida, also in the Gulf of Mexico. Marine tropical demersal fish.[2] The specific name josephi refers to St Joseph IslandinTexas where the type specimen was collected.[3]

A head of Ophidion josephi

References[edit]

  1. ^ Robins, R.H. & Moore, J. (2015). "Ophidion josephi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T16505650A16509632. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T16505650A16509632.en.
  • ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2009). "Ophidion josephi"inFishBase. January 2009 version.
  • ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (21 March 2018). "Order OPHIDIIFORMES: Families CARAPIDAE and OPHIDIIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 12 July 2018.


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