{{Short description|Genus of fishes}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Sirembo marmoratum.jpg | image_caption = ''L. marmoratum'' | image2 = Lepophidium profundorum 2.jpg | image2_caption = Blackrim Cusk-eel ''(L. profundorum)'' | taxon = Lepophidium | authority = Gill, 1895 | type_species = ''Leptophidium profundorum'' | type_species_authority = Gill, 1863<ref name = CoF>{{Cof record|genid=4588|title=''Lepophidium''|access-date=14 July 2018}}</ref> }}
'''''Lepophidium''''' is a genus of cusk-eels.
==Species== There are currently 21 recognized species in this genus:<ref>{{FishBase genus | genus = Lepophidium| month = June | year = 2012}}</ref><ref name=Brown2012/> * ''Lepophidium aporrhox'' <small>C. R. Robins, 1961</small> (Dusky cusk-eel) * ''Lepophidium brevibarbe'' <small>(G. Cuvier, 1829)</small> (Shortbeard cusk-eel) * ''Lepophidium collettei'' <small>C. R. Robins, R. H. Robins & M. E. Brown, 2012</small><ref name=Brown2012>Robins, C.R., Robins, R.H. & Brown, M.E. (2012): A revision of Lepophidium (Teleoastei, Ophidiidae), with descriptions of eight new species. ''Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History, 52 (1): 1-94.''</ref> * ''Lepophidium crossotum'' <small>C. R. Robins, R. H. Robins & M. E. Brown, 2012</small><ref name=Brown2012/> * ''Lepophidium cultratum'' <small>C. R. Robins, R. H. Robins & M. E. Brown, 2012</small><ref name=Brown2012/> * ''Lepophidium entomelan'' <small>C. R. Robins, R. H. Robins & M. E. Brown, 2012</small><ref name=Brown2012/> * ''Lepophidium gilmorei'' <small>C. R. Robins, R. H. Robins & M. E. Brown, 2012</small><ref name=Brown2012/> * ''Lepophidium jeannae'' <small>Fowler, 1941</small> (Mottled cusk-eel) * ''Lepophidium kallion'' <small>C. R. Robins, 1959</small> * ''Lepophidium marmoratum'' <small>(Goode & T. H. Bean, 1885)</small> * ''Lepophidium microlepis'' <small>(C. H. Gilbert, 1890)</small> (Silver cusk-eel) * ''Lepophidium negropinna'' <small>Hildebrand & F. O. Barton, 1949</small> (Specklefin cusk-eel) * ''Lepophidium pardale'' <small>(C. H. Gilbert, 1890)</small> (Leopard cusk-eel) * ''Lepophidium pheromystax'' <small>C. R. Robins, 1960</small> (Blackedge cusk-eel) * ''Lepophidium profundorum'' <small>(T. N. Gill, 1863)</small> (Blackrim cusk-eel) * ''Lepophidium prorates'' <small>(D. S. Jordan & Bollman, 1890)</small> (Prowspine cusk-eel) * ''Lepophidium robustum'' <small>C. R. Robins, R. H. Robins & M. E. Brown, 2012</small><ref name=Brown2012/> * ''Lepophidium staurophor'' <small>C. R. Robins, 1959</small> (Barred cusk-eel) * ''Lepophidium stigmatistium'' <small>(C. H. Gilbert, 1890)</small> (Blotchfin cusk-eel) * ''Lepophidium wileyi'' <small>C. R. Robins, R. H. Robins & M. E. Brown, 2012</small><ref name=Brown2012/> * ''Lepophidium zophochir'' <small>C. R. Robins, R. H. Robins & M. E. Brown, 2012</small><ref name=Brown2012/>
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Category:Ophidiidae Category:Actinopterygii genera Category:Taxa named by Theodore Gill
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