Parophidion

{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Parophidion schmidti - pone.0010676.g025.png

| image_caption = Parophidion schmidti

| taxon = Parophidion

| authority = Tortonese, 1954

| type_species = Ophidium vassali

| type_species_authority = Risso, 1810{{Cof record|genid=7440|title=Parophidion|access-date=15 July 2018}}

}}

Parophidion is a genus of cusk-eels found in the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea.{{cite book | author1 = Jørgen G. Nielsen | author2 = Daniel M. Cohen | author3 = Douglas F. Markle | author4 = C. Richard Robins | name-list-style = amp | year = 1999 | title = FAO Species Catalogue Volume 18 Ophidiiform Fishes of the World (Order Ophidiiformes) An annotated and illustrated catalogue of pearlfishes, cusk-eels, brotulas and other ophidiiform fishes known to date | publisher = Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome | isbn = 9251043752 | pages = 43–44}}