Ophidiidae
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Ophi·di·idae | \ ˌäfəˈdīəˌdē, ˌōf- \
Definition of Ophidiidae
: a family of elongate compressed somewhat eel-shaped fishes comprising the cusk eels and with related forms constituting a suborder of Percomorphi
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