Basketweave cusk-eel

The basketweave cusk-eel (Ophidion scrippsae) 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.[2] The specific name honors the journalist and philanthropist Ellen Browning Scripps (1836-1932)[3] one of the founders of the Scripps Research Institute.[4]

Basketweave cusk-eel
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Ophidiiformes
Family: Ophidiidae
Genus: Ophidion
Species:
O. scrippsae
Binomial name
Ophidion scrippsae
(Hubbs, 1916)
Synonyms
  • Otophidium scrippsi Hubbs, 1916

Sources
  1. Lea, B.; Béarez, P. & McCosker, J. (2010). "Ophidion scrippsae". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T183355A8098770. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T183355A8098770.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2012). "Ophidion scrippsae" in FishBase. December 2012 version.
  3. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (21 March 2018). "Order Ophidiiformes: Families Carapidae and Ophidiidae". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  4. "Education: In California". Time. February 22, 1926.


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