Species that contain: Parophidion and vassali [ 2 ] records

chrysocephalum, Ophidium Rafinesque [C. S.] 1810:19 [Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della Sicilia; ref. 3594] Sicily, Italy, Mediterranean Sea. No types known. Also appeared in Rafinesque 1810:38 [ref. 3595]. •Synonym of Parophidion vassali (Risso 1810) -- (Parenti 2019:113 [ref. 37117]). Current status: Synonym of Parophidion vassali (Risso 1810). Ophidiidae: Ophidiinae. Habitat: marine.

vassali, Ophidium Risso [A.] 1810:97, Pl. 5 (fig. 12) [Ichthyologie de Nice; ref. 3755] Nice, France, northwestern Mediterranean Sea. Syntypes: MNHN B-3181 (5). •Valid as Parophidion vassali (Risso 1810) -- (Nielsen 1973:554 [ref. 6885], Nielsen in Whitehead et al. 1986:1165 [ref. 13677], Matallanas & Casadevall 1990:1 [ref. 19124], Azevedo & Heemstra 1995:3 [ref. 22269], Santos et al. 1997:53 [ref. 23531], Arruda 1997:110 [ref. 24952], Robins in Nielsen et al. 1999:44 [ref. 24448], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:54 [ref. 26753], Golani 2005:26 [ref. 37112], Fricke et al. 2007:66 [ref. 29533], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:31 [ref. 36649], Nielsen 2016:1950 [ref. 34583], Artüz & Fricke 2019:554 [ref. 36612], Carneiro et al. 2019:158 [ref. 37250], Bariche & Fricke 2020:53 [ref. 37515], Kovačić et al. 2020:21 [ref. 37519], Golani 2021:29 [ref. 38303], Kovačić et al. 2021:33 [ref. 39014]). Current status: Valid as Parophidion vassali (Risso 1810). Ophidiidae: Ophidiinae. Distribution: Mediterranean Sea; Sea of Marmara; eastern Atlantic: southern Spain and northern Morocco to Madeira. Habitat: marine.