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Ophidiiformes

Ophidiiforms
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Ophidiiformes
Families
Carapidae (pearlfishes)
Ophidiidae (cusk eels)
Bythitidae (brotulas)
Aphyonidae (aphyonids)
Parabrotulidae (false brotulas)

Ophidiiformes is an order of ray-finned fish that includes the cusk eels, pearlfishes, brotulas, and others.

This order includes a variety of species, includes the deepest known, Abyssobrotula galatheae, found at 8,370 m in the Puerto Rico Trench.

The families Ranicipitidae (tadpole cod) and Euclichthyidae (eucla cod) have been classified in this order, but are now preferred in Gadiformes; Ranicipitidae has been absorbed within the family Gadidae.

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