Basketweave cusk-eel
The basketweave cusk-eel is a fish species in the family Ophidiidae. It is widespread in the eastern Pacific Ocean from Point Arguello in California, United States, to Baja California. The basketweave cusk-eel is a marine subtropical demersal fish that can be up to long. The specific name honors the journalist and philanthropist Ellen Browning Scripps one of the founders of the Scripps Research Institute.