Ophidiiformes

Ophidiiforms

<tr><th bgcolor=pink>Scientific classification <tr><td>

<tr><td>Kingdom:<td>Animalia <tr><td>Phylum:<td>Chordata <tr><td>Class:<td>Actinopterygii <tr><td>Order:<td>Ophidiiformes </table> <tr><th bgcolor=pink>Families <tr><td> Carapidae - Pearlfishes
Ophidiidae - Cusk Eels
Bythitidae - Brotulas
Aphyonidae - Aphyonids
Parabrotulidae - False Brotulas </table> Ophidiiformes is an order of ray-finned fish that includes the Cusk Eels, Pearlfishes, Brotulas, and others. This order includes a variety of species, including the deepest known, Abyssobrotula galatheae, found at 8,370 m in the Puerto Rico Trench. The families Ranicipitidae (Tadpole Cod) and Euclichthyidae (Eucla Cod) have been classified in this order, but are now preferred in Gadiformes; Ranicipitidae has been absorbed within the family Gadidae.

Reference

J.G. Nielsen, D.M. Cohen, D.M. Markle, C.R. Robins, Ophidiiform fishes of the world (Order Ophidiiformes): An annotated and illustrated catalogue of pearlfishes, cusk-eels, brotulas and other ophidiiform fishes known to date (FAO, 1999)

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