Selachophidium

{{Short description|Genus of fishes}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = | image_caption = | taxon = Selachophidium | authority = Gilchrist, 1903 | type_species = ''Selachophidium guentheri'' | type_species_authority = Gilchrist, 1903<ref name = CoF/> }}

'''''Selachophidium''''' is a genus of cusk-eels.<ref name=CoF/> They are oviparous.<ref>{{cite book|author=Breder, C.M. |author2= D.E. Rosen|year= 1966|title= Modes of reproduction in fishes |publisher=T.F.H. Publications|location= Neptune City, New Jersey}}</ref>

==Species== There are currently 2 recognized species in this genus:<ref name=CoF>{{Cof genus|Selachophidium|access-date=23 May 2025}}</ref> * ''Selachophidium americanum'' <small>Nielsen, 1971</small> * ''Selachophidium guentheri'' <small>Gilchrist, 1903</small> ;Synonyms * ''Selachophidium vitiazi'' {{small|Nielsen, 1971}}; valid as ''Monomitopus vitiazi'' {{small|(Nielsen, 1971)}}

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Category:Ophidiidae Category:Marine fish genera Category:Taxa named by Alfred William Alcock

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