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Deep-Sea taxon details

Ophichthus Ahl, 1789

AphiaID

125647 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125647)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Ophichthinae Günther, 1870

Synonymised names

Ophicthus · unaccepted (misspelling)

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Species Ophichthus alleni McCosker, 2010
Species Ophichthus aniptocheilos McCosker, 2010
Species Ophichthus aphotistos McCosker & Chen, 2000
Species Ophichthus arneutes McCosker & Rosenblatt, 1998
Species Ophichthus congroides McCosker, 2010
Species Ophichthus cruentifer (Goode & Bean, 1896)
Species Ophichthus exourus McCosker, 1999
Species Ophichthus genie McCosker, 1999
Species Ophichthus gomesii (Castelnau, 1855)
Species Ophichthus hirritus McCosker, 2010
Species Ophichthus humanni McCosker, 2010
Species Ophichthus ishiyamorum McCosker, 2010
Species Ophichthus lentiginosus McCosker, 2010
Species Ophichthus menezesi McCosker & Böhlke, 1984
Species Ophichthus microstictus McCosker, 2010
Species Ophichthus mystacinus McCosker, 1999
Species Ophichthus nigroventralis Kodeeswaran, Mohapatra & Kumar, 2023
Species Ophichthus remiger (Valenciennes, 1837)
Species Ophichthus rufus (Rafinesque, 1810)
Species Ophichthus serpentinus Seale, 1917
Species Ophichthus tetratrema McCosker & Rosenblatt, 1998
Species Ophichthus tomioi McCosker, 2010
Species Ophichthus bennettai McCosker, 1986 accepted as Ophichthus serpentinus Seale, 1917
Species Ophichthus dicellurus (Richardson, 1845) accepted as Ophichthus remiger (Valenciennes, 1837)
Species Ophichthus karreri Blache, 1975 accepted as Ophichthus serpentinus Seale, 1917

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Ophichthus Ahl, 1789. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125647 on 2025-05-23

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Ophichthus Ahl, 1789. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125647 on 2025-05-23

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2006-09-26 06:56:50Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2013-01-04 15:09:25Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

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taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. 2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao. 314 p. [details]

basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone]. , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]