crested cusk-eel

Ophidion josephi

Twenty Five Centimeters Eel of Western Atlantic

Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Atlantic Ocean
North America
West Asia
Medium
Tropical fish

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.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Cusk-eels
Family: Ophidiidae
Genus: Ophidion
Maximum length: 25 cm
Water: Marine
Distribution: Western Central Atlantic: Georgia to northeastern Florida and the entire northern Gulf of Mexico.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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