Cusk-eel
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cusk-eel-242-15074207
title:
Cusk-eel
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The cusk-eel family, Ophidiidae, is a group of marine bony fishes in the Ophidiiformes order. The scientific name is from the Greek ophis meaning "snake", and refers to their eel-like appearance. True eels diverged from other ray-finned fish during the Jurassic, while cusk-eels are part of the Percomorpha clade, along with tuna, perch, seahorses and others. The oldest fossil cusk-eel is Ampheristus, a highly successful genus with numerous species that existed from the Late Cretaceous (Maastricht
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Family of fishes
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cusk-eel
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date modified:
2024-03-13T22:31:17Z
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