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Genus of fishes
Ophichthus is a
genus of
eels in the snake eel
family
Ophichthidae .
There are currently around 80 recognized species in this genus:
Ophichthus alleni
J. E. McCosker , 2010
Ophichthus altipennis (
Kaup , 1856) (High-fin snake eel)
Ophichthus aniptocheilos
J. E. McCosker , 2010
Ophichthus apachus
J. E. McCosker &
Rosenblatt , 1998 (Thin snake eel)
Ophichthus aphotistos
J. E. McCosker &
Y. Y. Chen , 2000 (Dark deep-water snake eel)
Ophichthus apicalis (Anonymous, referred to
E. T. Bennett , 1830) (Blunt-nose snake eel)
Ophichthus arneutes
J. E. McCosker &
Rosenblatt , 1998
Ophichthus asakusae
D. S. Jordan &
Snyder , 1901
Ophichthus bicolor
J. E. McCosker &
H. C. Ho , 2015 (Bicolored snake eel)
[1]
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
J. E. McCosker &
S. W. Ross , 2007 (Snub-nose snake eel)
Ophichthus celebicus (
Bleeker , 1856)
Ophichthus cephalozona
Bleeker , 1864 (Dark-shouldered snake eel)
Ophichthus congroides
J. E. McCosker , 2010
Ophichthus cruentifer (
Goode &
T. H. Bean , 1896) (Margined snake eel)
Ophichthus cylindroideus (
Ranzani , 1839) (Dusky snake eel)
Ophichthus echeloides (
D'Ancona , 1928)
Ophichthus erabo (
D. S. Jordan &
Snyder , 1901) (Blotched snake eel)
Ophichthus exourus
J. E. McCosker , 1999
Ophichthus fasciatus (
Y. T. Chu ,
H. L. Wu &
X. B. Jin , 1981)
Ophichthus fowleri (
D. S. Jordan &
Evermann , 1903) (Fowler's snake eel)
Ophichthus frontalis
Garman , 1899 (Death-banded snake eel)
Ophichthus genie
J. E. McCosker , 1999
Ophichthus gomesii (
Castelnau , 1855) (Shrimp snake eel)
Ophichthus grandoculis (
Cantor , 1849)
Ophichthus hirritus
J. E. McCosker , 2010
Ophichthus humanni
J. E. McCosker , 2010
Ophichthus hyposagmatus
J. E. McCosker &
E. B. Böhlke , 1984 (Faint-saddled snake eel)
Ophichthus ishiyamorum
J. E. McCosker , 2010
Ophichthus kunaloa
J. E. McCosker , 1979
Ophichthus kusanagi
Y. Hibino ,
J. E. McCosker ,
Tashiro ,
[2]
Ophichthus lentiginosus
J. E. 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 longicorpus (
V. Q. Vo &
H.-C. Ho , 2021) (Long-body snake eel)
Ophichthus longipenis
J. E. McCosker &
Rosenblatt , 1998 (Slender snake eel)
Ophichthus lupus
Y. Hibino ,
J. E. McCosker ,
Tashiro ,
[2]
Ophichthus machidai
J. E. McCosker ,
S. Ide &
Endo , 2012 (Machida's snake eel)
[3]
Ophichthus macrochir (
Bleeker , 1853) (Big-fin snake eel)
Ophichthus macrops
Günther , 1910
Ophichthus maculatus (
Rafinesque , 1810)
Ophichthus manilensis
Herre , 1923
Ophichthus marginatus (
W. K. H. Peters , 1855) (Short-head snake eel)
Ophichthus mecopterus
J. E. McCosker &
Rosenblatt , 1998 (Long-armed snake eel)
Ophichthus megalops
Asano , 1987
Ophichthus melanoporus
Kanazawa , 1963 (Black-pored snake eel)
Ophichthus melope
J. E. McCosker &
Rosenblatt , 1998
Ophichthus menezesi
J. E. McCosker &
E. B. Böhlke , 1984
Ophichthus microstictus
J. E. McCosker , 2010
Ophichthus mystacinus
J. E. McCosker , 1999
Ophichthus naga
J. E. McCosker &
Psomadakis , 2018
Ophichthus obtusus
J. E. McCosker ,
S. Ide &
Endo , 2012 (Pug-nosed snake eel)
[3]
Ophichthus oligosteus
Y. Hibino ,
J. E. McCosker ,
Tashiro ,
[2]
Ophichthus omorgmus
J. E. McCosker &
E. B. Böhlke , 1984 (Dotted-line snake eel)
Ophichthus ophis (
Linnaeus , 1758) (Spotted snake eel)
Ophichthus polyophthalmus
Bleeker , 1864 (Many-eyed snake eel)
Ophichthus pullus
J. E. McCosker , 2005
Ophichthus puncticeps (
Kaup , 1860) (Pale-spotted snake eel)
Ophichthus remiger (
Valenciennes , 1837) (Punctuated snake eel)
Ophichthus retrodorsalis
D. Liu ,
W. Q. Tang &
C. G. Zhang , 2010
Ophichthus rex
E. B. Böhlke &
J. H. 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 shaoi
J. E. McCosker &
H. C. Ho , 2015 (Long-bodied snake eel)
[1]
Ophichthus singapurensis
Bleeker , 1864
Ophichthus spinicauda (
Norman , 1922) (Antillean snake eel)
Ophichthus stenopterus
Cope , 1871
Ophichthus tchangi
W. Q. Tang &
C. G. Zhang , 2002
Ophichthus tetratrema
J. E. McCosker &
Rosenblatt , 1998
Ophichthus tomioi
J. E. 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 vietnamensis
V. Q. Vo ,
Y. Hibino &
H.C. Ho , 2019
Ophichthus woosuitingi
J. S. T. F. Chen , 1929
Ophichthus yamakawai
Y. Hibino ,
J. E. McCosker ,
Tashiro ,
[2]
Ophichthus zophochir
D. S. Jordan &
C. H. Gilbert , 1882 (Yellow snake eel)
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b McCosker, J.E.; Ho, H.-C. (2015).
"New species of the snake eels Echelus and Ophichthus (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from Taiwan" (PDF) . Zootaxa . 4060 (1): 71–85.
doi :
10.11646/zootaxa.4060.1.11 .
PMID
26701593 .
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d Four new deepwater Ophichthus (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from Japan with a redescription of Ophichthus pallens (Richardson 1848), Y Hibino, JE McCosker, F Tashiro - Ichthyological Research, 2019
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b McCosker, J.E., Ide, S. & Endo, H. (2012): Three new species of ophichthid eels (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from Japan. Bulletin of the National Museum of Natural Science, Ser. A., Supplement No. 6: 1-16.