Ophidion josephi

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Ophidion josephi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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 Georgia to Florida, also in the Gulf of Mexico. Marine tropical demersal fish.[2] The specific name josephi refers to St Joseph Island in Texas where the type specimen was collected.[3]

A head of Ophidion josephi

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