WoRMS taxon details

Ophichthus Ahl, 1789

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

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Gnathostomata (Infraphylum)
  6. Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  7. Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
  8. Actinopteri (Superclass)
  9. Teleostei (Class)
  10. Anguilliformes (Order)
  11. Congroidei (Suborder)
  12. Ophichthidae (Family)
  13. Ophichthinae (Subfamily)
  14. Ophichthus (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Ophichthinae Günther, 1870
Ophichtchys · unaccepted (misspelling)
Ophichthys Ahl, 1789 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling (not of Swainson, 1839)
Ophichtys · unaccepted (misspelling)
Ophicthus · unaccepted (misspelling)
Ophychthus · unaccepted (misspelling)
Opichthus · unaccepted (misspelling)

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  1. Species Ophichthus acutidens Samucidine & Bogorodsky, 2026
  2. Species Ophichthus alleni McCosker, 2010
  3. Species Ophichthus altipennis (Kaup, 1856)
  4. Species Ophichthus aniptocheilos McCosker, 2010
  5. Species Ophichthus apachus McCosker & Rosenblatt, 1998
  6. Species Ophichthus aphotistos McCosker & Chen, 2000
  7. Species Ophichthus apicalis (Anonymous [Bennett], 1830)
  8. Species Ophichthus arneutes McCosker & Rosenblatt, 1998
  9. Species Ophichthus asakusae Jordan & Snyder, 1901
  10. Species Ophichthus bicolor McCosker & Ho, 2015
  11. Species Ophichthus bonaparti (Kaup, 1856)
  12. Species Ophichthus brachynotopterus Karrer, 1983
  13. Species Ophichthus brasiliensis (Kaup, 1856)
  14. Species Ophichthus brevicaudatus Chu, Wu & Jin, 1981
  15. Species Ophichthus brevidorsalis Chiu & Hibino, 2019
  16. Species Ophichthus brevirostris McCosker & Ross, 2007
  17. Species Ophichthus celebicus (Bleeker, 1856)
  18. Species Ophichthus cephalozona Bleeker, 1864
  19. Species Ophichthus chennaiensis Das, Mohapatra, Rajendar & Bhaskar, 2020
  20. Species Ophichthus congroides McCosker, 2010
  21. Species Ophichthus cruentifer (Goode & Bean, 1896)
  22. Species Ophichthus cuulongensis Vo, Hibino & Ho, 2025
  23. Species Ophichthus cylindroideus (Ranzani, 1839)
  24. Species Ophichthus echeloides (D'Ancona, 1928)
  25. Species Ophichthus erabo (Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
  26. Species Ophichthus exourus McCosker, 1999
  27. Species Ophichthus fasciatus (Chu, Wu & Jin, 1981)
  28. Species Ophichthus fowleri (Jordan & Evermann, 1903)
  29. Species Ophichthus frontalis Garman, 1899
  30. Species Ophichthus genie McCosker, 1999
  31. Species Ophichthus gomesii (Castelnau, 1855)
  32. Species Ophichthus grandoculis (Cantor, 1849)
  33. Species Ophichthus hirritus McCosker, 2010
  34. Species Ophichthus humanni McCosker, 2010
  35. Species Ophichthus hyposagmatus McCosker & Böhlke, 1984
  36. Species Ophichthus ishiyamorum McCosker, 2010
  37. Species Ophichthus johnmccoskeri Mohapatra, Ray, Mohanty & Mishra, 2018
  38. Species Ophichthus kailashchandrai Mohapatra, Ray, Mohanty & Mishra, 2020
  39. Species Ophichthus kunaloa McCosker, 1979
  40. Species Ophichthus kusanagi Hibino, McCosker & Tashiro, 2019
  41. Species Ophichthus lentiginosus McCosker, 2010
  42. Species Ophichthus leonensis Blache, 1975
  43. Species Ophichthus limkouensis Chen, 1929
  44. Species Ophichthus lithinus (Jordan & Richardson, 1908)
  45. Species Ophichthus longicorpus Vo & Ho, 2021
  46. Species Ophichthus longipenis McCosker & Rosenblatt, 1998
  47. Species Ophichthus lupus Hibino, McCosker & Tashiro, 2019
  48. Species Ophichthus machidai McCosker, Ide & Endo, 2012
  49. Species Ophichthus macrochir (Bleeker, 1853)
  50. Species Ophichthus macrops Günther, 1910
  51. Species Ophichthus maculatus (Rafinesque, 1810)
  52. Species Ophichthus manilensis Herre, 1923
  53. Species Ophichthus marginatus (Peters, 1855)
  54. Species Ophichthus mccoskeri Sumod, Hibino, Manjabrayakath & Sanjeevan, 2019
  55. Species Ophichthus mecopterus McCosker & Rosenblatt, 1998
  56. Species Ophichthus megalops Asano, 1987
  57. Species Ophichthus melanoporus Kanazawa, 1963
  58. Species Ophichthus melope McCosker & Rosenblatt, 1998
  59. Species Ophichthus menezesi McCosker & Böhlke, 1984
  60. Species Ophichthus microcephalus Day, 1878
  61. Species Ophichthus microstictus McCosker, 2010
  62. Species Ophichthus mystacinus McCosker, 1999
  63. Species Ophichthus naevius Kodeeswaran, Kathirvelpandian, Mohapatra, Kumar & Sarkar, 2023
  64. Species Ophichthus naga McCosker & Psomadakis, 2018
  65. Species Ophichthus nansen McCosker & Psomadakis, 2018
  66. Species Ophichthus nguyenorum Vo, Hibino & Ho, 2025
  67. Species Ophichthus nigroventralis Kodeeswaran, Mohapatra & Kumar, 2023
  68. Species Ophichthus obtusus McCosker, Ide & Endo, 2012
  69. Species Ophichthus oligosteus Hibino, McCosker & Tashiro, 2019
  70. Species Ophichthus olivaceus McCosker & Bogorodsky, 2020
  71. Species Ophichthus omorgmus McCosker & Böhlke, 1984
  72. Species Ophichthus ophis (Linnaeus, 1758)
  73. Species Ophichthus pallens (Richardson, 1848)
  74. Species Ophichthus polyophthalmus Bleeker, 1864
  75. Species Ophichthus pullus McCosker, 2005
  76. Species Ophichthus puncticeps (Kaup, 1859)
  77. Species Ophichthus remiger (Valenciennes, 1837)
  78. Species Ophichthus retrodorsalis Liu, Tang & Zhang, 2010
  79. Species Ophichthus rex Böhlke & Caruso, 1980
  80. Species Ophichthus roseus Tanaka, 1917
  81. Species Ophichthus rotundus Lee & Asano, 1997
  82. Species Ophichthus rufus (Rafinesque, 1810)
  83. Species Ophichthus rugifer Jordan & Bollman, 1890
  84. Species Ophichthus rutidoderma (Bleeker, 1852)
  85. Species Ophichthus sangjuensis (Ji & Kim, 2011)
  86. Species Ophichthus semilunatus Hibino & Chiu, 2019
  87. Species Ophichthus serpentinus Seale, 1917
  88. Species Ophichthus shaoi McCosker & Ho, 2015
  89. Species Ophichthus singapurensis Bleeker, 1864-65
  90. Species Ophichthus spinicauda (Norman, 1922)
  91. Species Ophichthus stenopterus Cope, 1871
  92. Species Ophichthus tchangi Tang & Zhang, 2002
  93. Species Ophichthus tetratrema McCosker & Rosenblatt, 1998
  94. Species Ophichthus tomioi McCosker, 2010
  95. Species Ophichthus triserialis (Kaup, 1856)
  96. Species Ophichthus tsuchidae Jordan & Snyder, 1901
  97. Species Ophichthus unicolor Regan, 1908
  98. Species Ophichthus urolophus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
  99. Species Ophichthus vietnamensis Vo, Hibino & Ho, 2019
  100. Species Ophichthus woosuitingi Chen, 1929
  101. Species Ophichthus yamakawai Hibino, McCosker & Tashiro, 2019
  102. Species Ophichthus zophistius (Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
  103. Species Ophichthus zophochir Jordan & Gilbert, 1882
  104. Species Ophichthus altipinnis (Kaup, 1856) accepted as Ophichthus altipennis (Kaup, 1856) (misspelling)
  105. Species Ophichthus ater (Peters, 1866) accepted as Ophichthus remiger (Valenciennes, 1837)
  106. Species Ophichthus bangko (Bleeker, 1852) accepted as Ophichthus apicalis (Anonymous [Bennett], 1830)
  107. Species Ophichthus bennettai McCosker, 1986 accepted as Ophichthus serpentinus Seale, 1917
  108. Species Ophichthus callaensis Günther, 1873 accepted as Ophichthus remiger (Valenciennes, 1837)
  109. Species Ophichthus chamensis Meek & Hildebrand, 1923 accepted as Ophichthus zophochir Jordan & Gilbert, 1882
  110. Species Ophichthus chilkensis Chaudhuri, 1916 accepted as Pisodonophis cancrivorus (Richardson, 1848)
  111. Species Ophichthus cyclorhinus Fraser-Brunner, 1934 accepted as Leiuranus versicolor (Richardson, 1848)
  112. Species Ophichthus cylindroides (Ranzani, 1839) accepted as Ophichthus cylindroideus (Ranzani, 1839) (misspelling)
  113. Species Ophichthus derbyensis Whitley, 1941 accepted as Ophichthus rutidoderma (Bleeker, 1852) (synonym)
  114. Species Ophichthus dicellurus (Richardson, 1845) accepted as Ophichthus remiger (Valenciennes, 1837)
  115. Species Ophichthus episcopus Castelnau, 1878 accepted as Ophichthus bonaparti (Kaup, 1856)
  116. Species Ophichthus evermanni Jordan & Richardson, 1909 accepted as Ophichthus lithinus (Jordan & Richardson, 1908)
  117. Species Ophichthus evionthas Jordan & Bollman, 1890 accepted as Quassiremus evionthas (Jordan & Bollman, 1890) (misspelling)
  118. Species Ophichthus garretti Günther, 1910 accepted as Ophichthus bonaparti (Kaup, 1856)
  119. Species Ophichthus gomesi (Castelnau, 1855) accepted as Ophichthus gomesii (Castelnau, 1855) (misspelling)
  120. Species Ophichthus hijala (Hamilton, 1822) accepted as Pisodonophis hijala (Hamilton, 1822) (senior synonym)
  121. Species Ophichthus karreri Blache, 1975 accepted as Ophichthus serpentinus Seale, 1917
  122. Species Ophichthus madagascariensis Fourmanoir, 1961 accepted as Pisodonophis cancrivorus (Richardson, 1848)
  123. Species Ophichthus melanochir (Bleeker, 1864) accepted as Ophichthus altipennis (Kaup, 1856)
  124. Species Ophichthus miyamotonis Tanaka, 1913 accepted as Myrichthys maculosus (Cuvier, 1816)
  125. Species Ophichthus multiserialis Norman, 1939 accepted as Xyrias multiserialis (Norman, 1939)
  126. Species Ophichthus ornatissimus (Kaup, 1856) accepted as Herpetoichthys regius (Richardson, 1848)
  127. Species Ophichthus pacifici Günther, 1870 accepted as Ophichthus remiger (Valenciennes, 1837)
  128. Species Ophichthus parilis (Richardson, 1848) accepted as Ophichthus cylindroideus (Ranzani, 1839)
  129. Species Ophichthus parilus (Richardson, 1848) accepted as Ophichthus cylindroideus (Ranzani, 1839) (misspelling)
  130. Species Ophichthus ramiger (Valenciennes, 1847) accepted as Ophichthus remiger (Valenciennes, 1837) (misspelling)
  131. Species Ophichthus regius (Richardson, 1848) accepted as Herpetoichthys regius (Richardson, 1848)
  132. Species Ophichthus remicaudus (Kaup, 1856) accepted as Ophichthus rufus (Rafinesque, 1810)
  133. Species Ophichthus retifer Fowler, 1935 accepted as Ophichthus erabo (Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
  134. Species Ophichthus rutidodermatoides (Bleeker, 1852) accepted as Ophichthus rutidoderma (Bleeker, 1852)
  135. Species Ophichthus stypurus Smith & Swain, 1882 accepted as Myrichthys magnificus (Abbott, 1860) (synonym)
  136. Species Ophichthus timorensis Günther, 1870 accepted as Yirrkala lumbricoides (Bleeker, 1864)
  137. Species Ophichthus zonatus Howell Rivero, 1932 accepted as Ophichthus spinicauda (Norman, 1922)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Ophichthus Ahl, 1789. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125647 on 2026-10-11
Date
action
by
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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Nomenclature

original description (of Antobrantia Pinto, 1970) Pinto, S. Y. (1970). Observações ictiológicas. VI. -- Antobrantia, nôvo gênero de ofictídeo do Brasil (Actinopterygii, Anguilliformes, Ophichthyidae). <em>Atas da Sociedade de biologia do Rio de Janeiro.</em> 14 (1-2): 13-15. [details] 

original description (of Cogrus Rafinesque, 1810) Rafinesque, C. S. (1810). Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della sicilia, con varie osservazioni sopra i medisimi. <em>Per le stampe di Sanfilippo: Palermo, Italy.</em> Part 1 involves fishes, pp. [i-iv] 3-69 [70 blank], Part 2 with slightly different title, pp. ia-iva + 71-105 [106 blank]). Pls. 1-20., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47825964 [details] OpenAccess publication

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, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details] 

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] 

Other

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

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details] 

additional source Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details] 

 
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