Ophidiidae

Roche's Snake Blenny

Ophidion rochei

Vocal cusk eel burrowing backward into Mediterranean mud

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Elongated
• Medium
• Tropical fish

Roche's snake blenny (Ophidion rochei) is a fish species in the genus Ophidion and the family Ophidiidae. Widespread in the Mediterranean Sea in western and northern regions, also in the Black Sea, Sea of Marmara and it has been recorded in the Atlantic. Marine subtropical demersal fish, up to 29.3 centimetres (11.5 in) long.