Ophichthus

Genus of fishes

Ophichthus

Ophichthus puncticeps
Ophichthus urolophus
Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Actinopterygii
Order:  | Anguilliformes
Family:  | Ophichthidae
Subfamily:  | Ophichthinae
Genus:  | Ophichthus
J. N. Ahl, 1789

Not to be confused with Ophichthys.

Ophichthus is a genus of eels in the snake eel family Ophichthidae.

## Species[edit]

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 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 machidai J. E. McCosker, S. Ide & Endo, 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 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) [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 zophochir D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882 (Yellow snake eel)

## References[edit]

1. ^ 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. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4060.1.11. PMID 26701593.
2. ^ 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.

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q1173747
* Wikispecies: Ophichthus
* ADW: Ophichthus
* AFD: Ophichthus
* BOLD: 72139
* CoL: 68PZ
* EoL: 24522
* Fossilworks: 361199
* GBIF: 2404600
* iNaturalist: 54683
* IRMNG: 1055771
* ITIS: 161458
* NCBI: 54917
* WoRMS: 125647

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