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Ophidiiformes
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Carapidae[?] (pearlfishes) Ophidiidae[?] (cusk eels) Bythitidae[?] (brotulas) Aphyonidae[?] (aphyonids) Parabrotulidae[?] (false brotulas) |
Ophidiiformes is an order of ray-finned fish that includes the cusk eels[?], pearlfishes[?], brotulas[?], and others.
This order includes a variety of species, includes the deepest known, Abyssobrotula galatheae[?], found at 8,370 m in the Puerto Rico Trench[?].
The families Ranicipitidae[?] (tadpole cod) and Euclichthyidae[?] (eucla cod) have been classified in this order, but are now preferred in Gadiformes.
- J.G. Nielsen[?], D.M. Cohen[?], D.M. Markle[?], C.R. Robins[?], Ophidiiform fishes of the world (Order Ophidiiformes): An annotated and illustrated catalogue of pearlfishes, cusk-eels, brotulas and other ophidiiform fishes known to date (FAO, 1999)
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