{{Short description|Genus of fishes}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Otophidium omostigma.jpg | image_caption = Polka-dot Cusk-eel ''(O. omostigma)'' | taxon = Otophidium | authority = T. N. Gill, 1885 | type_species = ''Genypterus omostigma'' | type_species_authority = Jordan & Gilbert, 1882<ref name = CoF>{{Cof record|genid=4263|title=''Otophidium''|access-date=15 July 2018}}</ref> }}
'''''Otophidium''''' is a genus of cusk-eels, part of the subfamily Ophidiinae in the family Ophidiidae. They are found in the western Atlantic and eastern Pacific.<ref name = FAO>{{cite book | author1 = Jørgen G. Nielsen | author2 = Daniel M. Cohen | author3 = Douglas F. Markle | author4 = C. Richard Robins | name-list-style = amp | year = 1999 | title =Ophidiiform Fishes of the World (Order Ophidiiformes) An annotated and illustrated catalogue of pearlfishes, cusk-eels, brotulas and other ophidiiform fishes known to date | series = FAO Species Catalogue | volume = 18 | publisher = Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome | isbn = 9251043752 | pages = 42–43}}</ref>
==Species== There are currently four recognized species in this genus:<ref>{{FishBase genus | genus = Otophidium| month = June | year = 2012}}</ref> * ''Otophidium chickcharney'' <small>J. E. Böhlke & Robins, 1959</small> (Ghost cusk-eel) * ''Otophidium dormitator'' <small>J. E. Böhlke & Robins, 1959</small> (Sleeper cusk-eel) * ''Otophidium indefatigabile'' <small>D. S. Jordan & Bollman, 1890</small> (Bighead cusk-eel) * ''Otophidium omostigma'' <small>(D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882)</small> (Polka-dot cusk-eel)
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Category:Ophidiidae Category:Actinopterygii genera Category:Taxa named by Theodore Gill
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