Ophidion barbatum

Ophidion barbatum
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Ophidiiformes
Family:	Ophidiidae
Genus:	Ophidion
Species:	O. barbatum
Binomial name
	Ophidion barbatum; Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
	Ophidion congrus, (Gronow ex Gray, 1854); Ophidion maculatum, (Rafinesque, 1810);

Ophidion barbatum, the snake blenny, is a fish species in the family Ophidiidae. It is widespread in the eastern Atlantic from southern England to Senegal in West Africa, and the northern Mediterranean. It is a marine subtropical demersal fish, up to 25 centimetres (9.8 in) long.^[2]

Parasites

As most fish, the Snake blenny harbours a variety of parasites. One of them is the diclidophorid monogenean Flexophora ophidii. The species was described in 1962 by Maria Prost and Louis Euzet from the coasts of France in the Mediterranean Sea ^[3] and found 58 years later off Algeria.^[4]

References

^ Golani, D.; Nouar, A.; Quignard, J.P.; Cuttelod, A. & Nielsen, J.G. (2011). "Ophidion barbatum". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: e.T198625A9058645. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Ophidion barbatum". FishBase. January 2009 version.
^ Prost, Maria; Euzet, Louis (2017). "Flexophora ophidii n. g. n. sp. un Diclidophoridae (Monogenea) parasite d'Ophidium barbatum (L.) (Teleostei)". Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée. 37 (3): 210–215. doi:10.1051/parasite/1962373210. ISSN 0003-4150.
^ Bouguerche, Chahinez; Justine, Jean-Lou; Tazerouti, Fadila (2020). "Redescription of Flexophora ophidii Prost & Euzet, 1962 (Monogenea: Diclidophoridae) from Ophidion barbatum (Ophidiidae) off the Algerian coast, Mediterranean Sea". Systematic Parasitology. 97 (6): 827–833. doi:10.1007/s11230-020-09948-y. ISSN 0165-5752. PMC 7647889. PMID 33159625.

External links

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[IUCN-1] Golani, D.; Nouar, A.; Quignard, J.P.; Cuttelod, A. & Nielsen, J.G. (2011). "Ophidion barbatum". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: e.T198625A9058645. Retrieved 15 July 2018.

[FishBase-2] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Ophidion barbatum". FishBase. January 2009 version.

[ProstEuzet2017-3] Prost, Maria; Euzet, Louis (2017). "Flexophora ophidii n. g. n. sp. un Diclidophoridae (Monogenea) parasite d'Ophidium barbatum (L.) (Teleostei)". Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée. 37 (3): 210–215. doi:10.1051/parasite/1962373210. ISSN 0003-4150.

[BouguercheJustine2020-4] Bouguerche, Chahinez; Justine, Jean-Lou; Tazerouti, Fadila (2020). "Redescription of Flexophora ophidii Prost & Euzet, 1962 (Monogenea: Diclidophoridae) from Ophidion barbatum (Ophidiidae) off the Algerian coast, Mediterranean Sea". Systematic Parasitology. 97 (6): 827–833. doi:10.1007/s11230-020-09948-y. ISSN 0165-5752. PMC 7647889. PMID 33159625.

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