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Ophidion

Osteichthyes - Ophidiiformes - Ophidiidae

Taxonomy
Ophidion was named by Linnaeus (1758) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-m-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 915]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Otolithus (Ophidium) by Nolf and Steurbaut (1983).

It was assigned to Otolithus by Nolf and Steurbaut (1983); to Ophididae by Fitch and Lavenberg (1983); to Ophidiiformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Ophidiidae by Casier (1946), Stinton (1957), Casier (1958), Schwarzhans (1978), Constantin (1999), Fierstine et al. (2012), Schwarzhans (2013), Schwarzhans and Nielsen (2021).

Species
O. barbadicum, O. ozymandias, O. polli, O. scrippsae
Species lacking formal opinion data
O. barbatum, O. grayi, O. joachimicum, O. polli, O. rochei, O. saxolense
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by M. Uhen on 2017-09-27

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Ophidion Linnaeus
1946Ophidion Casier p. 166
1957Ophidion Stinton p. 89
1958Ophidion Casier p. 28
1978Ophidion Schwarzhans p. 35
1983Ophidion Fitch and Lavenberg p. 512
1983Otolithus (Ophidium) Nolf and Steurbaut p. 149
1999Ophidion Constantin
2002Ophidion Sepkoski
2012Ophidion Fierstine et al. p. 75
2013Ophidion Schwarzhans p. 171
2021Ophidion Schwarzhans and Nielsen p. 36

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassActinopteri()
—Teleosteomorpha
—Acanthopterygii
—Percomorphaceae
—Ophidiaria
orderOphidiiformesBerg 1937
suborderOphidioidei
familyOphidiidaeRafinesque 1810
genusOphidionLinnaeus 1758

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Ophidion Linnaeus 1758
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†Ophidion barbadicum Casier 1958
†Ophidion ozymandias Jordan 1921
†Ophidion polli Casier 1946
Ophidion scrippsae Hubbs 1916 [basketweave cusk-eel]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available