Ophidion zavalai

Ophidion zavalai is a species of cusk-eel from the Ophidiidae family. It was discovered through taxonomic revisions of the band cusk-eel on the coast of, where its type locality is given. It occurs on soft bottoms off the eastern to southeastern coast of Brazil.
Ophidion zavalai is an elongate fish with moderately compressed body and tapering tail. It can grow to standard length.

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Peruvian-born Brazilian ichthyologist Luis Alberto Zavala-Camin, a researcher at the Instituto de Pesca, in São Paulo, Brazil, and a professor at the Universidade Santa Cecília in Santos, Brazil, for his contribution to the knowledge of marine fishes in Brazil.