Otophidium

Otophidium is a genus of cusk-eels, part of the subfamily Ophidiinae in the family Ophidiidae. They are found in the western Atlantic and eastern Pacific.^[2]

Otophidium
Polka-dot Cusk-eel (O. omostigma)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Ophidiiformes
Family:	Ophidiidae
Subfamily:	Ophidiinae
Genus:	Otophidium T. N. Gill, 1885
Type species
Genypterus omostigma Jordan & Gilbert, 1882[1]

Species

There are currently four recognized species in this genus:^[3]

• Otophidium chickcharney J. E. Böhlke & Robins, 1959 (Ghost cusk-eel)
• Otophidium dormitator J. E. Böhlke & Robins, 1959 (Sleeper cusk-eel)
• Otophidium indefatigabile D. S. Jordan & Bollman, 1890 (Bighead cusk-eel)
• Otophidium omostigma (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882) (Polka-dot cusk-eel)