Island cusk-eel
The island cusk-eel (Ophidion zavalai) is a species of cusk-eel from the Ophidiidae family,[1] its discovery was made through taxonomic revisions of the band cusk-eel (Ophidion holbrookii) on the coast of southeastern Brazil, more specifically on Laje da Conceição Island, where its type locality is given.[2][3][4]
| Island cusk-eel | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Ophidiiformes |
| Family: | Ophidiidae |
| Genus: | Ophidion |
| Species: | O. zavalai |
| Binomial name | |
| Ophidion zavalai Rotundo & Caires & Oliveira & Kuranaka & Figueiredo-Filho & Marceniuk 2023 | |
References
- "CAS - Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes:". researcharchive.calacademy.org. Retrieved 2023-09-19.
- Rotundo, Matheus Marcos; Caires, Rodrigo Antunes; Oliveira, Claudio; Kuranaka, Mariana; Figueiredo-Filho, Jessé Miranda De; Marceniuk, Alexandre Pires (2023-07-19). "Taxonomic revision of the Ophidion holbrookii Putnam, 1874 (Ophidiiformes: Ophidiidae) species complex, with description of a new species from Brazil". Zootaxa. 5318 (2): 237–252. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5318.2.4. ISSN 1175-5334.
- "Ophidion zavalai Rotundo & Caires & Oliveira & Kuranaka & Figueiredo-Filho & Marceniuk 2023, new species - Plazi TreatmentBank". treatment.plazi.org. Retrieved 2023-09-19.
- Rotundo, Matheus Marcos; Caires, Rodrigo Antunes; Oliveira, Claudio; Kuranaka, Mariana; Figueiredo-Filho, Jessé Miranda De; Marceniuk, Alexandre Pires (2023-07-19). "Ophidion zavalai Rotundo & Caires & Oliveira & Kuranaka & Figueiredo-Filho & Marceniuk 2023, new species". doi:10.5281/zenodo.8169573.
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