Otophidium
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| Otophidium | |
|---|---|
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| Polka-dot Cusk-eel (O. omostigma) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Ophidiiformes |
| Family: | Ophidiidae |
| Subfamily: | Ophidiinae |
| Genus: | Otophidium T. N. Gill, 1885 |
| Type species | |
| Genypterus omostigma | |
Otophidium is a genus of cusk-eels, part of the subfamily Ophidiinae in the family Ophidiidae. They are found in the western Atlantic and eastern Pacific.[2]
