The basketweave cusk-eel (Ophidion scrippsae) 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 28 centimetres (11 in) long.

[2] The specific name honors the journalist and philanthropist Ellen Browning Scripps (1836-1932)[3] one of the founders of the Scripps Research Institute.

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