Roche's snake blenny

Roche’s snake blenny
Ophidion rochei from the Snake Island, Black Sea, Ukraine
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Ophidiiformes
Family: Ophidiidae
Genus: Ophidion
Species: O. rochei
Binomial name
Ophidion rochei
Müller, 1845
Synonyms
  • Ophidion broussoneti Müller, 1845

Roche's snake blenny (Ophidion rochei) is a fish species in the genus Ophidion and the family Ophidiidae. Widespread in the Mediterranean Sea in western and northern regions, also in the Black Sea. Marine subtropical demersal fish, up to 29.3 cm long.

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