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: Ophisurus
Species (2): O. macrorhynchos – O. serpens
Name
Ophisurus Lacépède, 1800: 195
Gender: masculine
Type species: Muraena serpens Linnaeus, 1758
Fixation: subsequent designation; "type evidently designated first by Risso 1827" CoF
References
Primary references
Lacépède, B.G.E. 1800: Histoire naturelle des poissons. 2 : i-lxiv + 1-632, Pls. 1-20. BHL
Additional references
Risso, A. 1827: Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe méridionale, et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes maritimes. 3 : i-xvi + 1-480, Pls. 1-16. F.G. Levrault, Paris & Strasbourg. BHL
Links
ION
Nomenclator Zoologicus
Ophisurus species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
Ophisurus 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.
ITIS
Ophisurus is a genus of eels in the snake eel family Ophichthidae. It currently contains the following species:
Ophisurus macrorhynchos Bleeker, 1853
Ophisurus serpens (Linnaeus, 1758) (Serpent eel)
References
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Ophisurus". FishBase. June 2011 version.
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