Ophidiidae

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.