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: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Anabantaria
Ordo: Synbranchiformes
Familia: Synbranchidae
Genus: Ophisternon
Species (6): O. aenigmaticum – O. afrum – O. bengalense – O. candidum – O. gutturale – O. infernale
Name
Ophisternon McClelland, 1844: 175, 196, 220
Gender: neuter
Type species: Ophisternon bengalensis McClelland, 1844
Type by subsequent designation of Jordan & Evermann, 1896: 342
References
Primary references
McClelland, J. 1844: Apodal fishes of Bengal. Calcutta Journal of Natural History, 5 (18): 151–226, Pls. 5-14.
Jordan, D.S. & Evermann, B.W. 1896: The fishes of North and Middle America: a descriptive catalogue of the species of fish-like vertebrates found in the waters of North America, north of the Isthmus of Panama. Part I. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 47 : i-lx + 1-1240. BHL
Additional references
Links
ION
Nomenclator Zoologicus
Ophisternon species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2022. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 08/2021.
Ophisternon and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2022. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
ITIS
Ophisternon is a genus of swamp eels found in fresh and brackish waters in South and Southeast Asia, New Guinea, Australia, Middle America and West Africa.[3] Two species are blind cave-dwellers.[4]
Species
There are currently six recognized species in this genus:[3]
Ophisternon aenigmaticum D. E. Rosen & Greenwood, 1976 (Obscure swamp eel)
Ophisternon afrum (Boulenger, 1909) (Guinea swamp eel)
Ophisternon bengalense McClelland, 1844 (Bengal eel)
Ophisternon candidum (Mees, 1962) (Blind cave eel)
Ophisternon gutturale (J. Richardson, 1845) (Australian swamp eel)
Ophisternon infernale (C. L. Hubbs, 1938) (Blind swamp eel)
References
Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Ophisteron". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Synbranchidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). Species of Ophisternon in FishBase. May 2017 version.
Romero, A., editor (2001). The Biology of Hypogean Fishes. Developments in Environmental Biology of Fishes. ISBN 978-1402000768
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