Ophichthus
| Ophichthus | |
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| Ophichthus puncticeps | |
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| Ophichthus urolophus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Ophichthidae |
| Subfamily: | Ophichthinae |
| Genus: | Ophichthus , 1789 |
Ophichthus is a genus of eels in the snake eel family Ophichthidae.
Species[]
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 & , 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
- J. E. McCosker & , 2015 (Bicolored snake eel) [1]
- Ophichthus bonaparti (Kaup, 1856) (Napoleon snake eel)
- Ophichthus brachynotopterus , 1982
- Ophichthus brasiliensis (Kaup, 1856)
- Ophichthus brevicaudatus , & , 1981
- Ophichthus brevirostris J. E. McCosker & , 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 (, & , 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 & , 1984 (Faint-saddled snake eel)
- Ophichthus ishiyamorum J. E. McCosker, 2010
- Ophichthus kunaloa J. E. McCosker, 1979
- Ophichthus lentiginosus J. E. McCosker, 2010
- Ophichthus leonensis , 1975
- Ophichthus limkouensis , 1929
- Ophichthus lithinus (D. S. Jordan & , 1908) (Evermann's snake eel)
- ( & , 2021) (Long-body snake eel)
- Ophichthus longipenis J. E. McCosker & Rosenblatt, 1998 (Slender snake eel)
- Ophichthus machidai J. E. McCosker, & , 2012 (Machida's snake eel) [2]
- 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 , 1987
- Ophichthus melanoporus , 1963 (Black-pored snake eel)
- Ophichthus melope J. E. McCosker & Rosenblatt, 1998
- Ophichthus menezesi J. E. McCosker & , 1984
- Ophichthus microstictus J. E. McCosker, 2010
- Ophichthus mystacinus J. E. McCosker, 1999
- McCosker & Psomadakis, 2018
- Ophichthus obtusus J. E. McCosker, & , 2012 (Pug-nosed snake eel) [2]
- Ophichthus omorgmus J. E. McCosker & , 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)
- , & , 2010
- Ophichthus rex & , 1980 (King snake eel)
- Ophichthus roseus S. Tanaka (I), 1917
- Ophichthus rotundus & , 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
- J. E. McCosker & , 2015 (Long-bodied snake eel) [1]
- Ophichthus singapurensis Bleeker, 1864
- Ophichthus spinicauda (Norman, 1922) (Antillean snake eel)
- Ophichthus stenopterus Cope, 1871
- Ophichthus tchangi & , 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)
- , & , 2019
- Ophichthus woosuitingi , 1929
- Ophichthus zophochir D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882 (Yellow snake eel)
References[]
- ^ a 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.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
- ^ a 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.
Categories:
- Ophichthus
- Ophichthidae
- Taxa named by Jonas Nicolaus Ahl