Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Elopocephalai
Supercohors: Elopocephala
Cohors/Superordo: Elopomorpha
Ordo: Anguilliformes
Subordo: Congroidei
Familia: Ophichthidae
Subfamilia: Ophichthinae
Genus: Ophichthus
Species (82): O. alleni – O. altipennis – O. aniptocheilos – O. apachus – O. aphotistos – O. apicalis – O. arneutes – O. asakusae – O. bicolor – O. bonaparti – O. brachynotopterus – O. brasiliensis – O. brevicaudatus – O. brevidorsalis – O. brevirostris – O. celebicus – O. cephalozona – O. chilkensis – O. congroides – O. cruentifer – O. cylindroideus – O. echeloides – O. erabo – O. exourus – O. fasciatus – O. frontalis – O. genie – O. gomesii – O. grandoculis – O. hirritus – O. humanni – O. hyposagmatus – O. ishiyamorum – O. johnmccoskeri – O. kailashchandrai – O. kunaloa – O. lentiginosus – O. leonensis – O. limkouensis – O. lithinus – O. longicorpus – O. longipenis – O. machidai – O. macrochir – O. macrops – O. maculatus – O. madagascariensis – O. manilensis – O. marginatus – O. mccoskeri – O. mecopterus – O. megalops – O. melanoporus – O. melope – O. menezesi – O. microstictus – O. mystacinus – O. naga – O. nansen – O. obtusus – O. olivaceus – O. omorgmus – O. ophis – O. parilis – O. polyophthalmus – O. pratasensis – O. pullus – O. puncticeps – O. regius – O. remiger – O. retrodorsalis – O. rex – O. roseus – O. rotundus – O. rufus – O. rugifer – O. rutidoderma – O. semilunatus – O. serpentinus – O. shaoi – O. singapurensis – O. spinicauda – O. stenopterus – O. tchangi – O. tetratrema – O. tomioi – O. triserialis – O. tsuchidae – O. unicolor – O. urolophus – O. vietnamensis – O. woosuitingi – O. zophochir
Name
Ophichthus Ahl, 1789: 5
Gender: masculine
Type species: Muraena ophis Linnaeus, 1758
Fixation: subsequent designation by Bleeker, 1864: 43
Synonyms
Acanthenchelys Norman, 1922:296
Antobrantia Pinto, 1970:13
Centrurophis Kaup, 1856:42
Coecilophis Kaup, 1856:44
Cogrus Rafinesque, 1810:62
Cryptopterenchelys (subgenus of Ophichthus) Fowler, 1925:1
Cryptopterus Kaup, 1860:11
Giscenchelys (subgenus of Ophichthus) Fowler, 1944:188
Innominado Parra, 1787:96, Pl. 37 (f. 2)
Leptorhinophis Kaup, 1856:46
Microdonophis Kaup, 1856:43
Muraenopsis Lesueur, in Kaup 1856:46
Omochelys (subgenus of Pisodonophis) Fowler, 1918:3
Ophis Turton, 1807:82, 87
Ophithorax McClelland, 1844:212
Oxyodontichthys Poey, 1880:254
Paramyrus Günther, 1870:51
Poecilocephalus Kaup, 1856:43
Scytalophis Kaup, 1856:46
Syletophis Whitley, 1950:44
Syletor Jordan, 1919: 343 [synonym of Syletor Tschitscherin, 1899 (Insecta: Coleoptera: Carabidae)]
Uranichthys Poey, 1867:256
Zonophichthus Whitley, 1930:250
References
Ahl, J.N. 1789. Specimen ichthyologicum de Muraena et Ophichtho, quod venia exp. Fac. Med. Ups. Praeside Carol. Pet. Thunberg, etc. J. Edman, Upsaliæ [Upsala]: 1–14, 2 pls. Reference page.
Hibino, Y., Chiu, Y-C., Chen, H-M. & Shao, K-T. 2019. Two new species of the genus Ophichthus from the western central Pacific Ocean, with a redescription of Ophichthus megalops Asano, 1987 (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae). Pp 140–154 In Ho, H-C., Koeda, K. & Hilton, E.J., (eds.), Study on the fish taxonomy and diversity of Taiwan. Zootaxa, 4702(1): 1–229. Reference page. Zootaxa 4702(1): 140–154. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4702.1.17 Open access pdf Reference page.
Sumod, K.S., Hibino, Y., Manjabrayakath, H. & Sanjeevan, V.N.. 2019. Description of a new species of deep-water snake eel, Ophichthus mccoskeri (Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae) from Andaman Sea, India. Zootaxa 4686(1): 112–118. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4686.1.5 Paywall Reference page.
McCosker, J.E. 2010: Deepwater Indo-Pacific species of the snake-eel genus Ophichthus (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae), with the description of nine new species. Zootaxa, 2505: 1–39. Preview
McCosker, J.E., Bogorodsky, S.V., Mal, A.O. & Alpermann, T.J. 2020. Description of a new snake eel Ophichthus olivaceus (Teleostei: Anguilliformes, Ophichthidae) from the Red Sea. Zootaxa 4750(1): 31–48. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4750.1.2 Paywall Reference page.
McCosker, J.E. & Psomadakis, P.N. 2018. Snake eels of the genus Ophichthus (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from Myanmar (Indian Ocean) with the description of two new species. Zootaxa 4526(1): 71–83. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4526.1.5 Paywall Reference page.
Mishra, S.S., Mohapatra, A., Ray, D., Mohanty, S.R. & Tudu, P.C. 2019. Ophichthus chilkensis Chaudhuri, 1916 (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) —resurrection as a valid species from India, with re-description. Zootaxa 4586(1): 194–200. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4586.1.13 Paywall Reference page.
Mohapatra, A., Ray, D., Mohanty, S.R. & Mishra, S.S. 2018. Ophichthus johnmccoskeri sp. nov. (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae): a new snake eel from Indian waters, Bay of Bengal. Zootaxa 4462(2): 251–256. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4462.2.7 Paywall Reference page.
Mohapatra, A., Ray, D., Mohanty, S.R. & Mishra, S.S. 2020. Ophichthus kailashchandrai sp. nov. (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae): a new species of snake eel from Indian waters, Bay of Bengal. Zootaxa 4728(2): 283–289. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4728.2.9 Paywall Reference page.
Links
Ophichthus and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
Ophichthus species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
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 & 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)
References
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.
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
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.
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/"
All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License
