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Superclass:
Osteichthyes
Class:
Teleostei
Order:
Ophidiiformes
Family:
Ophidiidae
Subfamily:
Ophidiinae
Genus:
Ophidion
Species:
barbatum
Common:
Snake blenny
Climates:
Tropical
Temperate
Subtropical
Boreal
Waters:
Marine
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Regions:
Atlantic, Eastern Central
Atlantic, Northeast
Mediterranean and Black Sea
Parmentier, E., Compère, P., Casadevall, M., Fontenelle, N., Cloots, R., Henrist, C. 2008. The Rocker Bone: A New Kind of Mineralised Tissue? Cell and Tissue Research, 334(1): 67-79.
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Sound Detected
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Passive Feeding
Other Passive
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Parmentier, E., Fontenelle, N., Fine, M. L., Vandewalle, P., Henrist, C. 2006. Functional Morphology of the Sonic Apparatus in Ophidion barbatum (Teleostei, Ophidiidae). Journal of Morphology, 267(12): 1461-1468.