Basketweave Cusk-eel
Ophidion scrippsae
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Fish
The basketweave cusk-eel is a fish species in the family Ophidiidae. It is widespread in the eastern Pacific Ocean from Point Arguello in California, United States, to Baja California. The basketweave cusk-eel is a marine subtropical demersal fish that can be up to 28 centimetres (11 in) long. The specific name honors the journalist and philanthropist Ellen Browning Scripps (1836-1932) one of the founders of the Scripps Research Institute.
Classification
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Ophidiiformes
- Family
- Ophidiidae
- Genus
- Ophidion