Author: Müller, 1845
Ophidion rochei Muller, 1845
Status in World Register of Marine Species:
Accepted name: Ophidion rochei Müller, 1845 (updated 2009-06-25)
Diagnosis: long and slender body. Rostral spine short. Anterior gill arch with 4 elongate rakers. Colour: brownish dorsally, whitish ventrally; dorsal and anal fins black-edged. Size: to about 300 mm SL.
Habitat: benthic on continental shelf in tropical and temperate waters. Food: no data. Reproduction: oviparous.
Distribution: Mediterranean and Black Sea.
Eggs, larvae and young stages. Bini, 1969, 7: 16.
Otoliths (sagitta). No data.
Note. Ophidion rochei is very close to O. barbatum and differs only by the number of gillrakers.