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Parophidion

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Parophidion is a genus of cusk-eels found in the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea.^[2]

There are currently two recognized species in this genus:^[3]

Parophidion schmidti (Woods & Kanazawa, 1951) (Dusky cusk-eel) - western Atlantic Bermuda to northern South America.
Parophidion vassali (A. Risso, 1810) - Mediterranean and adjacent areas of the eastern Atlantic.

^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Parophidion". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
^ Jørgen G. Nielsen; Daniel M. Cohen; Douglas F. Markle & C. Richard Robins (1999). FAO Species Catalogue Volume 18 Ophidiiform Fishes of the World (Order Ophidiiformes) An annotated and illustrated catalogue of pearlfishes, cusk-eels, brotulas and other ophidiiform fishes known to date. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome. pp. 43–44. ISBN 9251043752.
^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Parophidion in FishBase. June 2012 version.

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Parophidion is a genus of cusk-eels found in the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea.