Ophidion Collection

Snake blenny, lesser spiny eel and wolf fish
Snake blenny, Ophidion barbatum 73, lesser spiny eel, Macrognathus aculeatus 74, wolf fish, Anarhichas lupus 75, and its jaw and teeth 76, 77

Straight-nosed pipefish and seahorse
Straight-nosed pipefish, Nerophis ophidion, and short-snouted seahorse, Hippocampus hippocampus. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelms Encyclopedia of Natural History: Fish

Three types of Pipefish and a Seahorse
Three types of Pipefish and a Short-Nosed Seahorse (Hippocampus hippocampus). The Pipefish are: Snake Pipefish (Syngnathus ophidion or Entelurus aequoreus)

Ophidium Eel and Muraena
Ophidium Eel or Beardless Ophidium (Ophidion imberbe, now classified as Pholis gunnellus, ie Rock Gunnel or Butterfish), and Muraena (Muraena helena), also known as Mediterranean Moray

Ophidion barbatum, or Snake Blenny, also known as Bearded Ophidium. Date: 1864

Hammerhead, Sphyrna zygaena, and smooth hound shark, Mustelus mustelus.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieus Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles 1816-1830. Illustration by J.G

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