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Taxon: Genus Ophidion Linnaeus, 1758 (fish)
Classification by:

Natura - nature
   actualia - actual entities
     Mundus Plinius - physical world
       naturalia - natural bodies
         Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
           Clade neomura Cavalier-Smith, 1987
             Domain Eukaryota Chatton, 1925 - eukaryotes
               Clade discaria Cavalier-Smith, 2021
                 Clade dorsates Cavalier-Smith, 2021
                   Clade podiates Cavalier-Smith, 2012
                     Clade Amorphea Adl et al. 2012 [Simpson, Medina & Adl 2020]
                       Clade Obazoa Brown, Sharpe, Silberman, Heiss, Lang, Simpson & Roger 2013
                         Clade Opisthokonta Cavalier-Smith 1987 [Simpson & Medina 2020] - animal-fungal clade
                           Superkingdom Holozoa Lang, O'Kelly, Nerad, Gray & Burger, 2002
                             Clade filozoa Shalchian-Tabrizi, Minge, Espelund, Orr, Ruden, Jakobsen & Cavalier-Smith, 2008
                               Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
                                 Clade Planulozoa Wallberg, Thollesson, Farris & Jondelius 2004
                                   Subkingdom Bilateria Hatschek, 1888 - bilaterians
                                     Clade Nephrozoa Jondelius, Ruiz-Trillo, Baguñà & Riutort 2002
                                       Infrakingdom Deuterostomia Grobben, 1908
                                         Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
                                           Subphylum Craniata auct.
                                             Infraphylum Vertebrata Lamarck, 1801 - vertebrates
                                               Clade Pan-Gnathostomata Downs 2020
                                                 Superclass Gnathostomata Gegenbaur, 1874 - jawed vertebrates
                                                   [crown] Clade Eugnathostomata
                                                     Clade Pan-Osteichthyes Rowe 2004 [Moore & Near 2020]
                                                       Clade Osteichthyes Huxley 1880 [Moore & Near 2020]
                                                         Clade Pan-Actinopterygii Rowe 2004 [Moore & Near 2020]
                                                           Clade Actinopterygii Woodward 1891 [Moore & Near 2020]
                                                             Clade Pan-Actinopteri Moore & Near 2020
                                                               Class Actinopteri Cope, 1871
                                                                 Subclass Neopterygii Regan, 1923
                                                                   Infraclass Teleosteomorpha Arratia, 2001
                                                                     Division Teleostei Müller, 1845
                                                                       Supercohort Teleocephala de Pinna, 1996 - crown-group Teleostei
                                                                         Cohort Clupeocephala Patterson & Rosen, 1977
                                                                           Subcohort Euteleosteomorpha Greenwood et al., 1966
                                                                             Infracohort Neoteleostei Nelson, 1969
                                                                               Supersection Eurypterygia Rosen, 1973
                                                                                 Section Ctenosquamata Rosen, 1973
                                                                                   Subsection Acanthomorphata Rosen, 1973
                                                                                     Clade Euacanthomorpha Johnson & Patterson, 1993
                                                                                       Clade Holacanthopterygii Johnson & Patterson, 1993
                                                                                         Division Acanthopterygii Rosen & Patterson, 1969
                                                                                           Subdivision Percomorphaceae
                                                                                             Series Ophidiaria [monotypic]
                                                                                               Order Ophidiiformes Regan, 1912 [monophyletic?] - cusk-eels
                                                                                                 Suborder Ophidioidei Regan, 1912 [monophyletic?]
                                                                                                   Family Ophidiidae Rafinesque, 1810 - cusk-eels
                                                                                                     Subfamily Ophidiinae Rafinesque, 1810 - true cusk-eels
                                                                                                       Tribe Ophidiini
                                                                                                         Genus Ophidion Linnaeus, 1758
                                                                                                           Ophidion antipholus Lea & Robins, 2003
                                                                                                           Ophidion asiro (Jordan & Fowler, 1902)
                                                                                                           Ophidion barbatum Linnaeus, 1758 - snake blenny
                                                                                                           Ophidion beani Jordan & Gilbert, 1883
                                                                                                           Ophidion dromio Lea & Robins, 2003
                                                                                                           Ophidion exul Robins, 1991
                                                                                                           Ophidion fulvum (Hildebrand & Barton, 1949) - earspot cusk eel
                                                                                                           Ophidion galeoides (Gilbert, 1890) - striped cusk eel
                                                                                                           Ophidion genyopus (Ogilby, 1897)
                                                                                                           Ophidion grayi (Fowler, 1948) - blotched cusk-eel
                                                                                                           Ophidion guianense Lea & Robins, 2003
                                                                                                           Ophidion holbrookii (Putnam, 1874)
                                                                                                           Ophidion imitator Lea, 1997
                                                                                                           Ophidion iris Breder, 1936 - rainbow cusk eel
                                                                                                           Ophidion josephi Girard, 1858
                                                                                                           Ophidion lagochila (Böhlke & Robins, 1959)
                                                                                                           Ophidion lozanoi Matallanas, 1990
                                                                                                           Ophidion marginatum (DeKay, 1842) - striped cusk-eel
                                                                                                           Ophidion metoecus Robins, 1991
                                                                                                           Ophidion muraenolepis (Günther, 1880)
                                                                                                           Ophidion nocomis Robins & Böhlke, 1959
                                                                                                           Ophidion puck Lea & Robins, 2003
                                                                                                           Ophidion robinsi Fahay, 1992
                                                                                                           Ophidion rochei Müller, 1845
                                                                                                           Ophidion saldanhai Matallanas & Brito, 1999
                                                                                                           Ophidion scrippsae (Hubbs, 1916) - basketweave cusk-eel
                                                                                                           Ophidion selenops Robins & Böhlke, 1959 - mooneye cusk-eel
                                                                                                           Ophidion smithi (Fowler, 1934)
                                                                                                           Ophidion welshi (Nichols & Breder, 1922) - crested cusk-eel

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