Ophioscion is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Sciaenidae, the drums and croakers.

These fishes are found in the Western Atlantic and Eastern Pacific Oceans.

Ophioscion was first proposed as a monospecific genus in 1863 by the American biologist Theodore Gill when he described Ophioscion typicus[1] from the Pacific coast of Panama.

[2] Although FishBase recognises Ophioscion as a valid genus, Catalog of Fishes treats it as a synonym of Stellifer.

[1] Ophioscion has the following valid species:[3]