Ophidiidae
Cusk-eels
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2026-08-05: itis_id 164807 via WoRMS external link
The cusk-eel family, Ophidiidae, is a group of marine bony fishes in the Ophidiiformes order. The scientific name is from the Greek ophis meaning "snake", and refers to their eel-like appearance.W CalCOFI holds 1,362 observations of it in 2 datasets between 1951 and 2022, as larva and egg, across 9 taxa under it.R
- 1,362
- observations
- 1,362
- records
- 51
- sampling events
- 1951–2022
- years
- 2
- datasets
- 6
- species under it
- larva · egg
- life stages
Observed in 1 dataseti
One row per dataset, and beside it one cell per year, darker with more observations — the same
strip the front door draws per dataset. Each row ends with the name that dataset uses
(dataset_taxon); the accepted name is written once, in the title above. A quiet
pill marks a name the authority does not accept.
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One row per dataset, and beside it one cell per year, darker with more observations — the same strip the front door draws per dataset. Each row ends with the name that dataset uses (dataset_taxon); the accepted name is written once, in the title above. A quiet pill marks a name the authority does not accept.
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name used: Ophidiidae Cusk-eels · code
870
Ways inExplorerdb-queryERDDAPRPythonThis page as JSON
Code and endpoints ERDDAP · R · Python · JSON
library(calcofi4r) con <- cc_get_db() # the promoted release tbl(con, "obs_bio") |> filter(taxon_key == "worms:125505")
import calcofi4py as cc
con = cc.cc_get_db()
con.sql("SELECT * FROM obs_bio WHERE taxon_key = 'worms:125505'").df()Read from taxa.json of release v2026.10.19, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.
How big is it not on record
Not on record: no authority the fetcher reads carries a length for this taxon (a genus page could show the range of its species).
Under it 2 taxa · Ophidiinae most observed
- sF Ophidiinae1,308
- sF Neobythitinae3
Life stages larva · egg
- Ichthyoplankton larva · egg
The stages each dataset records for it, from the release's obs_bio.life_stage.
Lineage 10 ranks · Biota to Ophidiiformes
Credits silhouette · photo · text
- Silhouette · Nathan Hermann · CC0 1.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Lepophidium profundorum · source
- Photo · NOAA/MBARI, no known copyright restrictions (public domain) · Public domain · inat · source
- Text · Wikipedia, “Cusk-eel” · CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1354731404
Elsewhere Wikidata · iNaturalist
The same organism on the services the faces were fetched from; the authorities' own pages are the ids in the head.
Cite the release, v2026.10.19
Cite the release, v2026.10.19; each dataset's own citation, licence and DOI are on its page. How to cite ↗