Ophichthus

Ophichthus
Ophichthus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Ophichthidae
Genus: Ophichthus
J. N. Ahl, 1789
Species

See text.

Ophichthus is a genus of eels in the snake eel family Ophichthidae. It currently contains the following species:

  • Ophichthus alleni McCosker, 2010
  • Ophichthus altipennis (Kaup, 1856) (Highfin snake-eel)
  • Ophichthus aniptocheilos McCosker, 2010
  • Ophichthus apachus McCosker & Rosenblatt, 1998 (Thin snake-eel)
  • Ophichthus aphotistos McCosker & Yu-Yun Chen, 2000 (Dark deepwater snake-eel)
  • Ophichthus apicalis (Anonymous referred to E. T. Bennett, 1830) (Bluntnose snake-eel)
  • Ophichthus arneutes McCosker & Rosenblatt, 1998
  • Ophichthus asakusae D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1901
  • Ophichthus bonaparti (Kaup, 1856) (Napoleon snake-eel)
  • Ophichthus brachynotopterus Karrer, 1982
  • Ophichthus brasiliensis (Kaup, 1856)
  • Ophichthus brevicaudatus Y. T. Chu, H. L. Wu & X. B. Jin, 1981
  • Ophichthus brevirostris McCosker & S. W. Ross, 2007 (Snubnose snake-eel)
  • Ophichthus celebicus (Bleeker, 1856)
  • Ophichthus cephalozona Bleeker, 1864 (Dark-shouldered snake eel)
  • Ophichthus congroides McCosker, 2010
  • Ophichthus cruentifer (Goode & Bean, 1896) (Margined snake-eel)
  • Ophichthus cylindroideus (Ranzani, 1839) (Dusky snake eel)
  • Ophichthus echeloides (D'Ancona, 1928)
  • Ophichthus episcopus Castelnau, 1878
  • Ophichthus erabo (D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1901) (Fowler's snake eel)
  • Ophichthus evermanni (D. S. Jordan & R. E. Richardson, 1909
  • Ophichthus exourus McCosker, 1999
  • Ophichthus fasciatus Y. T. Chu, H. L. Wu & X. B. Jin, 1981
  • Ophichthus frontalis Garman, 1899 (Death-banded snake-eel)
  • Ophichthus garretti Günther, 1910
  • Ophichthus genie McCosker, 1999
  • Ophichthus gomesii (Castelnau, 1855) (Shrimp eel)
  • Ophichthus grandoculis (Cantor, 1849)
  • Ophichthus hirritus McCosker, 2010
  • Ophichthus humanni McCosker, 2010
  • Ophichthus hyposagmatus McCosker & E. B. Böhlke, 1984 (Faint-saddled snake-eel)
  • Ophichthus ishiyamorum McCosker, 2010
  • Ophichthus karreri Blache, 1975
  • Ophichthus kunaloa McCosker, 1979
  • Ophichthus lentiginosus McCosker, 2010
  • Ophichthus leonensis Blache, 1975
  • Ophichthus limkouensis J. S. T. F. Chen, 1929
  • Ophichthus lithinus (D. S. Jordan & R. E. Richardson, 1908) (Evermann's snake-eel)
  • Ophichthus longipenis McCosker & Rosenblatt, 1998
  • Ophichthus macrochir (Bleeker, 1853)
  • Ophichthus macrops Günther, 1910
  • Ophichthus maculatus (Rafinesque, 1810)
  • Ophichthus madagascariensis Fourmanoir, 1961
  • Ophichthus manilensis Herre, 1923
  • Ophichthus marginatus (W. K. H. Peters, 1855) (Shorthead snake-eel)
  • Ophichthus mecopterus McCosker & Rosenblatt, 1998 (Long-armed snake-eel)
  • Ophichthus megalops Asano, 1987
  • Ophichthus melanoporus Kanazawa, 1963 (Black-pored eel)
  • Ophichthus melope McCosker & Rosenblatt, 1998
  • Ophichthus menezesi McCosker & E. B. Böhlke, 1984
  • Ophichthus microstictus McCosker, 2010
  • Ophichthus mystacinus McCosker, 1999
  • Ophichthus omorgmus McCosker & E. B. Böhlke, 1984 (Dotted-line snake-eel)
  • Ophichthus ophis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Spotted snake-eel)
  • Ophichthus parilis (J. Richardson, 1848)
  • Ophichthus polyophthalmus Bleeker, 1864 (Many-eyed snake-eel)
  • Ophichthus pullus McCosker, 2005
  • Ophichthus puncticeps (Kaup, 1860) (Pale-spotted eel)
  • Ophichthus regius (J. Richardson, 1848) (Ornate Snake-Eel)
  • Ophichthus remiger (Valenciennes, 1837) (Punctuated snake-eel)
  • Ophichthus rex J. E. Böhlke & Caruso, 1980 (King snake-eel)
  • Ophichthus roseus S. Tanaka (I), 1917
  • Ophichthus rotundus C. L. Lee & Asano, 1997
  • Ophichthus rufus (Rafinesque, 1810) (Rufus snake-eel)
  • Ophichthus rugifer D. S. Jordan & Bollman, 1890
  • Ophichthus rutidoderma (Bleeker, 1853) (Olive snake-eel)
  • Ophichthus serpentinus Seale, 1917
  • Ophichthus singapurensis Bleeker, 1864-65
  • Ophichthus spinicauda (Norman, 1922) (Antillean snake-eel)
  • Ophichthus stenopterus Cope, 1871
  • Ophichthus tchangi W. Q. Tang & C. G. Zhang, 2002
  • Ophichthus tetratrema McCosker & Rosenblatt, 1998
  • Ophichthus tomioi McCosker, 2010
  • Ophichthus triserialis (Kaup, 1856) (Pacific snake-eel)
  • Ophichthus tsuchidae D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1901
  • Ophichthus unicolor Regan, 1908 (Plain snake-eel)
  • Ophichthus urolophus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) (Mane-tail snake-eel)
  • Ophichthus woosuitingi J. S. T. F. Chen, 1929
  • Ophichthus zophochir D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882 (Yellow snake-eel)

References

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