Description

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Ophidiiformes

Family: Ophidiidae

Genus: Ophidion

Species: Ophidion rochei Müller, 1845

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Uncommon species found in the shallows and to 150 m depth (Ref. 34024). Oviparous, with oval pelagic eggs floating in a gelatinous mass (Ref. 205).

Habitat

demersal