Ophichthus
| Ophichthus | |
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| Ophichthus remiger | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Ophichthidae |
| Genus: | Ophichthus J. N. Ahl, 1789 |
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Ophichthus is a genus of eels in the snake eel family Ophichthidae.
Species
There 78 recognized species in this genus are:[1][2]
- 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 & T. H. 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 exourus McCosker, 1999
- Ophichthus fasciatus Y. T. Chu, H. L. Wu & X. B. Jin, 1981
- Ophichthus frontalis Garman, 1899 (death-banded snake eel)
- 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 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 machidai McCosker, Ide & Endo, 2012[2]
- Ophichthus macrochir (Bleeker, 1853)
- Ophichthus macrops Günther, 1910
- Ophichthus maculatus (Rafinesque, 1810)
- 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 obtusus McCosker, Ide & Endo, 2012[2]
- 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 & J. H. Caruso, 1980 (king snake eel)
- Ophichthus roseus S. Tanaka (I), 1917
- Ophichthus rotundus C. L. Lee & Asano, 1997
- Ophichthus rufus (Rafinesque, 1810) (rufous 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)
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). Species of Ophichthus in FishBase. April 2012 version.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 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.