title: Parophidion
text: # Parophidion
  
  Parophidion is a genus of cusk-eels found in the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea.
  
  ## Species
  
  There are currently two recognized species in this genus:
  
  * Parophidion schmidti (Woods & Kanazawa, 1951) (Dusky cusk-eel) - western Atlantic Bermuda to northern South America.
  * Parophidion vassali (A. Risso, 1810) - Mediterranean and adjacent areas of the eastern Atlantic.
  