Ophichthus
Ophichthus is a genus of eels in the snake eel family Ophichthidae. It currently contains the following species:
- Ophichthus alleni McCosker, 2010
- Ophichthus altipennis (Kaup, 1856) (Highfin snake-eel)
- Ophichthus aniptocheilos McCosker, 2010
- Ophichthus apachus McCosker & Rosenblatt, 1998 (Thin snake-eel)
- Ophichthus aphotistos McCosker & Yu-Yun Chen, 2000 (Dark deepwater snake-eel)
- Ophichthus apicalis (Anonymous referred to E. T. Bennett, 1830) (Bluntnose snake-eel)
- Ophichthus arneutes McCosker & Rosenblatt, 1998
- Ophichthus asakusae D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1901
- 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 McCosker & S. W. Ross, 2007 (Snubnose snake-eel)
- Ophichthus celebicus (Bleeker, 1856)
- Ophichthus cephalozona Bleeker, 1864 (Dark-shouldered snake eel)
- Ophichthus congroides McCosker, 2010
- Ophichthus cruentifer (Goode & Bean, 1896) (Margined snake-eel)
- Ophichthus cylindroideus (Ranzani, 1839) (Dusky snake eel)
- Ophichthus echeloides (D'Ancona, 1928)
- Ophichthus episcopus Castelnau, 1878
- Ophichthus erabo (D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1901) (Fowler's snake eel)
- Ophichthus evermanni (D. S. Jordan & R. E. Richardson, 1909
- Ophichthus exourus McCosker, 1999
- Ophichthus fasciatus Y. T. Chu, H. L. Wu & X. B. Jin, 1981
- Ophichthus frontalis Garman, 1899 (Death-banded snake-eel)
- Ophichthus garretti Günther, 1910
- Ophichthus genie McCosker, 1999
- Ophichthus gomesii (Castelnau, 1855) (Shrimp eel)
- Ophichthus grandoculis (Cantor, 1849)
- Ophichthus hirritus McCosker, 2010
- Ophichthus humanni McCosker, 2010
- Ophichthus hyposagmatus McCosker & E. B. Böhlke, 1984 (Faint-saddled snake-eel)
- Ophichthus ishiyamorum McCosker, 2010
- Ophichthus karreri Blache, 1975
- Ophichthus kunaloa McCosker, 1979
- Ophichthus lentiginosus 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 longipenis McCosker & Rosenblatt, 1998
- Ophichthus macrochir (Bleeker, 1853)
- Ophichthus macrops Günther, 1910
- Ophichthus maculatus (Rafinesque, 1810)
- Ophichthus madagascariensis Fourmanoir, 1961
- Ophichthus manilensis Herre, 1923
- Ophichthus marginatus (W. K. H. Peters, 1855) (Shorthead snake-eel)
- Ophichthus mecopterus McCosker & Rosenblatt, 1998 (Long-armed snake-eel)
- Ophichthus megalops Asano, 1987
- Ophichthus melanoporus Kanazawa, 1963 (Black-pored eel)
- Ophichthus melope McCosker & Rosenblatt, 1998
- Ophichthus menezesi McCosker & E. B. Böhlke, 1984
- Ophichthus microstictus McCosker, 2010
- Ophichthus mystacinus McCosker, 1999
- Ophichthus omorgmus McCosker & E. B. Böhlke, 1984 (Dotted-line snake-eel)
- Ophichthus ophis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Spotted snake-eel)
- Ophichthus parilis (J. Richardson, 1848)
- Ophichthus polyophthalmus Bleeker, 1864 (Many-eyed snake-eel)
- Ophichthus pullus McCosker, 2005
- Ophichthus puncticeps (Kaup, 1860) (Pale-spotted eel)
- Ophichthus regius (J. Richardson, 1848) (Ornate Snake-Eel)
- Ophichthus remiger (Valenciennes, 1837) (Punctuated snake-eel)
- Ophichthus rex J. E. Böhlke & 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 singapurensis Bleeker, 1864-65
- Ophichthus spinicauda (Norman, 1922) (Antillean snake-eel)
- Ophichthus stenopterus Cope, 1871
- Ophichthus tchangi W. Q. Tang & C. G. Zhang, 2002
- Ophichthus tetratrema McCosker & Rosenblatt, 1998
- Ophichthus tomioi 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 woosuitingi J. S. T. F. Chen, 1929
- Ophichthus zophochir D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882 (Yellow snake-eel)
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