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Ophichthus Ahl, 1789
Taxonomic Serial No.: 161458

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Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Genus
	Synonym(s):	Centrurophis Kaup, 1856
		Scytalophis Kaup, 1856
		Microdonophis Kaup, 1856
	Common Name(s):	snake eels [English]

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	complete
	Latest Record Review:	2004

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria – triploblasts
	Infrakingdom	Deuterostomia
	Phylum	Chordata – cordés, cordado, chordates
	Subphylum	Vertebrata – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates
	Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
	Superclass	Actinopterygii – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées
	Class	Teleostei
	Superorder	Elopomorpha
	Order	Anguilliformes – eels, anguilles
	Suborder	Congroidei
	Family	Ophichthidae – worm eels, snake eels, serpents de mer, tiesos
	Subfamily	Ophichthinae – snake eels
	Tribe	Ophichthini
	Genus	Ophichthus Ahl, 1789 – snake eels
		Direct Children:
	Species	Ophichthus altipennis (Kaup, 1856)
	Species	Ophichthus apachus McCosker and Rosenblatt, 1998 – thin snake eel, tieso delgado
	Species	Ophichthus aphotistos McCosker and Chen, 2000
	Species	Ophichthus apicalis (Anonymous [Bennett], 1830)
	Species	Ophichthus arneutes McCosker and Rosenblatt, 1998
	Species	Ophichthus asakusae Jordan and Snyder, 1901
	Species	Ophichthus bonaparti (Kaup, 1856)
	Species	Ophichthus brachynotopterus Karrer, 1982
	Species	Ophichthus brasiliensis (Kaup, 1856)
	Species	Ophichthus brevicaudatus Chu, Wu and Jin, 1981
	Species	Ophichthus celebicus (Bleeker, 1856)
	Species	Ophichthus cephalozona Bleeker, 1864
	Species	Ophichthus cruentifer (Goode and Bean, 1896) – margined snake eel
	Species	Ophichthus cylindroideus (Ranzani, 1839) – dusky snake eel, safío
	Species	Ophichthus echeloides (D'Ancona, 1928)
	Species	Ophichthus erabo (Jordan and Snyder, 1901)
	Species	Ophichthus evermanni Jordan and Richardson, 1909
	Species	Ophichthus exourus McCosker, 1999
	Species	Ophichthus fowleri (Jordan and Evermann, 1903)
	Species	Ophichthus frontalis Garman, 1899 – deathbanded snake eel, tieso funebre
	Species	Ophichthus genie McCosker, 1999
	Species	Ophichthus gomesii (Castelnau, 1855) – safío prieto, shrimp eel, tieso camaronero
	Species	Ophichthus grandoculis (Cantor, 1849)
	Species	Ophichthus hyposagmatus McCosker and Böhlke, 1984 – faintsaddled snake eel
	Species	Ophichthus karreri Blache, 1975
	Species	Ophichthus kunaloa McCosker, 1979
	Species	Ophichthus leonensis Blache, 1975
	Species	Ophichthus limkouensis Chen, 1929
	Species	Ophichthus longipenis McCosker and Rosenblatt, 1998 – slender snake eel, tieso fino
	Species	Ophichthus macrochir (Bleeker, 1853)
	Species	Ophichthus macrops Günther, 1910
	Species	Ophichthus maculatus (Rafinesque, 1810)
	Species	Ophichthus madagascariensis Fourmanoir, 1961
	Species	Ophichthus manilensis Herre, 1923
	Species	Ophichthus marginatus (Peters, 1855)
	Species	Ophichthus mecopterus McCosker and Rosenblatt, 1998 – longarmed snake eel, tieso brazo largo
	Species	Ophichthus megalops Asano, 1987
	Species	Ophichthus melanoporus Kanazawa, 1963 – blackpored eel
	Species	Ophichthus melope McCosker and Rosenblatt, 1998
	Species	Ophichthus menezesi McCosker and Böhlke, 1984
	Species	Ophichthus mystacinus McCosker, 1999
	Species	Ophichthus omorgmus McCosker and Böhlke, 1984 – dottedline snake eel
	Species	Ophichthus ophis (Linnaeus, 1758) – spotted snake eel, safío de manchas negras
	Species	Ophichthus polyophthalmus Bleeker, 1865 – manyeyed worm eel, ocellated worm eel
	Species	Ophichthus puncticeps (Kaup, 1860) – palespotted eel
	Species	Ophichthus regius (Richardson, 1848) – regal snake eel
	Species	Ophichthus remiger (Valenciennes, 1842)
	Species	Ophichthus rex Böhlke and Caruso, 1980 – king snake eel, lairón
	Species	Ophichthus roseus Tanaka, 1917
	Species	Ophichthus rotundus Lee and Asano, 1997
	Species	Ophichthus rufus (Rafinesque, 1810)
	Species	Ophichthus rugifer Jordan and Bollman, 1890
	Species	Ophichthus rutidoderma (Bleeker, 1853)
	Species	Ophichthus rutidodermatoides (Bleeker, 1853)
	Species	Ophichthus serpentinus Seale, 1917
	Species	Ophichthus singapurensis Bleeker, 1864-65
	Species	Ophichthus spinicauda (Norman, 1922) – banded snake eel, safío bandeado
	Species	Ophichthus stenopterus Cope, 1871
	Species	Ophichthus tchangi Tang and Zhang, 2002
	Species	Ophichthus tetratrema McCosker and Rosenblatt, 1998
	Species	Ophichthus triserialis (Kaup, 1856) – Pacific snake eel, tieso del Pacífico
	Species	Ophichthus tsuchidae Jordan and Snyder, 1901
	Species	Ophichthus unicolor Regan, 1908
	Species	Ophichthus urolophus (Temminck and Schlegel, 1846)
	Species	Ophichthus woosuitingi Chen, 1929
	Species	Ophichthus zophochir Jordan and Gilbert, 1882 – yellow snake eel, tieso amarillo

References


	Expert(s):
	Expert:	Wayne C. Starnes
	Notes:	Research Curator of Fishes, North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences, Research Laboratory, 4301 Reedy Creek Rd., Raleigh, NC, 27607, USA
	Reference for:	Ophichthus

	Other Source(s):
	Source:	Catalog of Fishes, 13-May-2004, website (version 10-May-04)
	Acquired:	2004
	Notes:	http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/
	Reference for:	Ophichthus

	Source:	NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)
	Acquired:	1996
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Ophichthus

	Publication(s):
	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes
	Publication Date:	2003
	Article/Chapter Title:
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada
	Page(s):
	Publisher:
	Publication Place:
	ISBN/ISSN:
	Notes:	As-yet (2003) unpublished manuscript from 1998
	Reference for:	Ophichthus

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Böhlke, E. B., J. E. Böhlke, M. M. Leiby, J. E. McCosker, et al. / Böhlke, Eugenia B., ed.
	Publication Date:	1989
	Article/Chapter Title:	Orders Anguilliformes and Saccopharyngiformes
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Fishes of the Western North Atlantic, no. 1, pt. 9, vol. 1
	Page(s):	xvii + 1-656
	Publisher:	Sears Foundation for Marine Research, Yale University
	Publication Place:	New Haven, Connecticut, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	0-935868-45-3
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Ophichthus

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Eschmeyer, William N.
	Publication Date:	1990
	Article/Chapter Title:
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Genera of Recent Fishes
	Page(s):	iii + 697
	Publisher:	California Academy of Sciences
	Publication Place:	San Francisco, CA, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	0-940228-23-8
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Ophichthus

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Eschmeyer, William N., ed.
	Publication Date:	1998
	Article/Chapter Title:	Catalog of Fishes
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3
	Page(s):	2905
	Publisher:	California Academy of Sciences
	Publication Place:	San Francisco, California, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	0-940228-47-5
	Notes:	Available online at http://www.jstor.org/stable/25622932
	Reference for:	Ophichthus

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Nelson, Joseph S.
	Publication Date:	1994
	Article/Chapter Title:
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Fishes of the World, Third Edition
	Page(s):	xvii + 600
	Publisher:	John Wiley and Sons
	Publication Place:	New York, New York, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	0-471-54713-1
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Ophichthus

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