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Ophidiinae 
Taxonomic Serial No.: 622724

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Subfamily  
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  Common Name(s): cusk-eels [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2004   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria   
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassActinopterygii  – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées  
                      ClassTeleostei   
                         SuperorderParacanthopterygii   
                            OrderOphidiiformes  – ophidiiforms  
                               SuborderOphidioidei   
                                  FamilyOphidiidae  – brotulas, cusk eels, brótulas y congriperlas, congriperlas, donzelles, brótulas, cusk-eels  
                                     SubfamilyOphidiinae  – cusk-eels  
    Direct Children:  
                                        GenusCherublemma Trotter, 1926  
                                        GenusChilara Jordan and Evermann, 1896  
                                        GenusGenypterus Philippi, 1857  
                                        GenusLepophidium Gill, 1895  
                                        GenusOphidion Linnaeus, 1758 – cusk-eels 
                                        GenusOtophidium Gill in Jordan, 1885  
                                        GenusParophidion Tortonese, 1954  
                                        GenusRaneya Robins, 1961  
       

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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Nelson, Joseph S.   
  Publication Date: 1994   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Fishes of the World, Third Edition   
  Page(s): xvii + 600   
  Publisher: John Wiley and Sons   
  Publication Place: New York, New York, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-471-54713-1   
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  Reference for: Ophidiinae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Nielsen, Jørgen G., Daniel M. Cohen, Douglas F. Markle, and C. Richard Robins   
  Publication Date: 1999   
  Article/Chapter Title: Ophidiiform fishes of the world (Order Ophidiiformes): An annotated and illustrated catalogue of pearlfishes, cusk-eels, brotulas and other ophidiiform fishes known to date   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: FAO Fisheries Synopsis, no. 125, vol. 18   
  Page(s): xi + 178   
  Publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations   
  Publication Place: Rome, Italy   
  ISBN/ISSN: 92-5-104375-2, 0014-5602  
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  Reference for: Ophidiinae, cusk-eels [English]   
       

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