Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Osteichthyes
Classis: Actinopterygii
Subclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Superordo: Paracanthopterygii
Ordo: Ophidiiformes
Familia: Ophidiidae
Subfamilia: Ophidiinae
Genus: Otophidium
Species: O. chickcharney - O. dormitator - O. indefatigabile - O. omostigma
Name
Otophidium Gill in Jordan, 1885
Gender: neut.
Type species: Genypterus omostigma Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 by original designation.
References
* Jordan, D. S. 1885. A catalogue of the fishes known to inhabit the waters of North America, north of the Tropic of Cancer, with notes on species discovered in 1883 and 1884. Report of the United States Fish Commission v. 13 (1885): 789-973.
* Nielsen, J. G., D. M. Cohen, D. F. Markle, and C. R. Robins (1999). FAO species catalogue. Vol. 18. Ophidiiform fishes of the world (Order Ophidiiformes). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of pearl-fishes, cusk-eels, brotulas and other ophidiiform fishes known to date. Rome: FAO Fisheries Synopsis. No. 125. ISBN 9251043752.
* Otophidium Report on ITIS
