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
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
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