WoRMS taxon details
Ophichthinae Günther, 1870
Genus Allips McCosker, 1972
Genus Aplatophis Böhlke, 1956
Genus Aprognathodon Böhlke, 1967
Genus Apterichtus Duméril, 1806
Genus Bascanichthys Jordan & Davis, 1891
Genus Brachysomophis Kaup, 1856
Genus Caecula Vahl, 1794
Genus Callechelys Kaup, 1856
Genus Caralophia Böhlke, 1955
Genus Chauligenion McCosker & Okamoto, 2016
Genus Cirrhimuraena Kaup, 1856
Genus Cirricaecula Schultz, 1953
Genus Dalophis Rafinesque, 1810
Genus Echelus Rafinesque, 1810
Genus Echiophis Kaup, 1856
Genus Ethadophis Rosenblatt & McCosker, 1970
Genus Evips McCosker, 1972
Genus Gordiichthys Jordan & Davis, 1891
Genus Hemerorhinus Weber & de Beaufort, 1916
Genus Herpetoichthys Kaup, 1856
Genus Hyphalophis McCosker & Böhlke, 1982
Genus Ichthyapus Brisout de Barneville, 1847
Genus Kertomichthys McCosker & Böhlke, 1982
Genus Lamnostoma Kaup, 1856
Genus Leiuranus Bleeker, 1853
Genus Leptenchelys Myers & Wade, 1941
Genus Letharchus Goode & Bean, 1882
Genus Lethogoleos McCosker & Böhlke, 1982
Genus Leuropharus Rosenblatt & McCosker, 1970
Genus Luthulenchelys McCosker, 2007
Genus Malvoliophis Whitley, 1934
Genus Myrichthys Girard, 1859
Genus Mystriophis Kaup, 1856
Genus Ophichthus Ahl, 1789
Genus Ophisurus Lacepède, 1800
Genus Oxystomus Rafinesque, 1810
Genus Paraletharchus McCosker, 1974
Genus Phaenomonas Myers & Wade, 1941
Genus Phyllophichthus Gosline, 1951
Genus Pisodonophis Kaup, 1856
Genus Quassiremus Jordan & Davis, 1891
Genus Rhinophichthus McCosker, 1999
Genus Scytalichthys Jordan & Davis, 1891
Genus Suculentophichthus Fricke, 2015
Genus Xestochilus McCosker, 1998
Genus Xyrias Jordan & Snyder, 1901
Genus Yirrkala Whitley, 1940
Genus Acanthenchelys Norman, 1922 accepted as Ophichthus Ahl, 1789
Genus Achirophichthys Bleeker, 1864 accepted as Brachysomophis Kaup, 1856
Genus Anguisurus Kaup, 1856 accepted as Lamnostoma Kaup, 1856
Genus Antobrantia Pinto, 1970 accepted as Ophichthus Ahl, 1789
Genus Apterichthus accepted as Apterichtus Duméril, 1806 (misspelling)
Genus Apterichthys accepted as Apterichtus Duméril, 1806 (misspelling)
Genus Brachysomorphis accepted as Brachysomophis Kaup, 1856 (misspelling)
Genus Brachysonophis accepted as Brachysomophis Kaup, 1856 (misspelling)
Genus Caecilia Lacepède, 1800 accepted as Apterichtus Duméril, 1806
Genus Centrurophis Kaup, 1856 accepted as Ophichthus Ahl, 1789
Genus Chlevastes Jordan & Snyder, 1901 accepted as Myrichthys Girard, 1859
Genus Coecula accepted as Caecula Vahl, 1794 (unaccepted > misspelling)
Genus Cogrus Rafinesque, 1810 accepted as Ophichthus Ahl, 1789
Genus Crotalopsis Kaup, 1860 accepted as Echiophis Kaup, 1856
Genus Cryptopterus Kaup, 1860 accepted as Ophichthus Ahl, 1789
Genus Cryptopterygium Ginsburg, 1951 accepted as Callechelys Kaup, 1856
Genus Cyclophichthys Whitley, 1951 accepted as Elapsopis Kaup, 1856 accepted as Leiuranus Bleeker, 1853
Genus Elapsopis Kaup, 1856 accepted as Leiuranus Bleeker, 1853 (synonym)
Genus Elapsopsis accepted as Elapsopis Kaup, 1856 accepted as Leiuranus Bleeker, 1853 (misspelling)
Genus Evipes accepted as Evips McCosker, 1972 (misspelling)
Genus Lamnastoma accepted as Lamnostoma Kaup, 1856 (misspelling)
Genus Lamnosoma accepted as Lamnostoma Kaup, 1856 (misspelling)
Genus Lamnostomus accepted as Lamnostoma Kaup, 1856 (misspelling)
Genus Leptorhynchus Smith, 1840 accepted as Ophisurus Lacepède, 1800
Genus Liuranus accepted as Leiuranus Bleeker, 1853 (misspelling)
Genus Machaerenchelys Fowler, 1938 accepted as Leiuranus Bleeker, 1853
Genus Malviolophus accepted as Malvoliophis Whitley, 1934 (misspelling)
Genus Microdonophis Kaup, 1856 accepted as Ophichthus Ahl, 1789
Genus Microrhynchus Blache & Bauchot, 1972 accepted as Phaenomonas Myers & Wade, 1941
Genus Muraenophis Lacepède, 1803 accepted as Gymnothorax Bloch, 1795
Genus Muraenopsis Lesueur, 1856 accepted as Ophichthus Ahl, 1789
Genus Myrichttys accepted as Myrichthys Girard, 1859 (misspelling)
Genus Myrichtys accepted as Myrichthys Girard, 1859 (misspelling)
Genus Myrus Kaup, 1856 accepted as Echelus Rafinesque, 1810
Genus Notophtophis Castro-Aguirre & Suárez de los Cobos, 1983 accepted as Echiophis Kaup, 1856
Genus Omochelys Fowler, 1918 accepted as Ophichthus Ahl, 1789
Genus Ophichtchys accepted as Ophichthus Ahl, 1789 (misspelling)
Genus Ophichtys accepted as Ophichthus Ahl, 1789 (misspelling)
Genus Ophicthus accepted as Ophichthus Ahl, 1789 (misspelling)
Genus Ophisurapus Kaup, 1856 accepted as Apterichtus Duméril, 1806
Genus Ophiurus accepted as Ophisurus Lacepède, 1800 (misspelling)
Genus Ophychthus accepted as Ophichthus Ahl, 1789 (misspelling)
Genus Opichthus accepted as Ophichthus Ahl, 1789 (misspelling)
Genus Oxyodontichthys Poey, 1880 accepted as Ophichthus Ahl, 1789
Genus Pantonora Smith, 1965 accepted as Yirrkala Whitley, 1940
Genus Pisodonphis accepted as Pisodonophis Kaup, 1856 (misspelling)
Genus Pisodontophis accepted as Pisodonophis Kaup, 1856 (misspelling)
Genus Pisonodophis accepted as Pisodonophis Kaup, 1856 (unaccepted > misspelling)
Genus Pisoodonophis accepted as Pisodonophis Kaup, 1856 (misspelling)
Genus Poecilocephalus Kaup, 1856 accepted as Ophichthus Ahl, 1789
Genus Pogonophis Myers & Wade, 1941 accepted as Herpetoichthys Kaup, 1856
Genus Pterurus Rafinesque, 1810 accepted as Dalophis Rafinesque, 1810
Genus Rhinenchelys Blache & Bauchot, 1972 accepted as Ichthyapus Brisout de Barneville, 1847
Genus Scytalophis Kaup, 1856 accepted as Ophichthus Ahl, 1789
Genus Sphagebranchus Bloch, 1795 accepted as Caecula Vahl, 1794 (synonym)
Genus Uranichthys Poey, 1867 accepted as Ophichthus Ahl, 1789
Genus Verma Jordan & Evermann, 1896 accepted as Apterichtus Duméril, 1806
Genus Aplatophis Böhlke, 1956
Genus Aprognathodon Böhlke, 1967
Genus Apterichtus Duméril, 1806
Genus Bascanichthys Jordan & Davis, 1891
Genus Brachysomophis Kaup, 1856
Genus Caecula Vahl, 1794
Genus Callechelys Kaup, 1856
Genus Caralophia Böhlke, 1955
Genus Chauligenion McCosker & Okamoto, 2016
Genus Cirrhimuraena Kaup, 1856
Genus Cirricaecula Schultz, 1953
Genus Dalophis Rafinesque, 1810
Genus Echelus Rafinesque, 1810
Genus Echiophis Kaup, 1856
Genus Ethadophis Rosenblatt & McCosker, 1970
Genus Evips McCosker, 1972
Genus Gordiichthys Jordan & Davis, 1891
Genus Hemerorhinus Weber & de Beaufort, 1916
Genus Herpetoichthys Kaup, 1856
Genus Hyphalophis McCosker & Böhlke, 1982
Genus Ichthyapus Brisout de Barneville, 1847
Genus Kertomichthys McCosker & Böhlke, 1982
Genus Lamnostoma Kaup, 1856
Genus Leiuranus Bleeker, 1853
Genus Leptenchelys Myers & Wade, 1941
Genus Letharchus Goode & Bean, 1882
Genus Lethogoleos McCosker & Böhlke, 1982
Genus Leuropharus Rosenblatt & McCosker, 1970
Genus Luthulenchelys McCosker, 2007
Genus Malvoliophis Whitley, 1934
Genus Myrichthys Girard, 1859
Genus Mystriophis Kaup, 1856
Genus Ophichthus Ahl, 1789
Genus Ophisurus Lacepède, 1800
Genus Oxystomus Rafinesque, 1810
Genus Paraletharchus McCosker, 1974
Genus Phaenomonas Myers & Wade, 1941
Genus Phyllophichthus Gosline, 1951
Genus Pisodonophis Kaup, 1856
Genus Quassiremus Jordan & Davis, 1891
Genus Rhinophichthus McCosker, 1999
Genus Scytalichthys Jordan & Davis, 1891
Genus Suculentophichthus Fricke, 2015
Genus Xestochilus McCosker, 1998
Genus Xyrias Jordan & Snyder, 1901
Genus Yirrkala Whitley, 1940
Genus Acanthenchelys Norman, 1922 accepted as Ophichthus Ahl, 1789
Genus Achirophichthys Bleeker, 1864 accepted as Brachysomophis Kaup, 1856
Genus Anguisurus Kaup, 1856 accepted as Lamnostoma Kaup, 1856
Genus Antobrantia Pinto, 1970 accepted as Ophichthus Ahl, 1789
Genus Apterichthus accepted as Apterichtus Duméril, 1806 (misspelling)
Genus Apterichthys accepted as Apterichtus Duméril, 1806 (misspelling)
Genus Brachysomorphis accepted as Brachysomophis Kaup, 1856 (misspelling)
Genus Brachysonophis accepted as Brachysomophis Kaup, 1856 (misspelling)
Genus Caecilia Lacepède, 1800 accepted as Apterichtus Duméril, 1806
Genus Centrurophis Kaup, 1856 accepted as Ophichthus Ahl, 1789
Genus Chlevastes Jordan & Snyder, 1901 accepted as Myrichthys Girard, 1859
Genus Coecula accepted as Caecula Vahl, 1794 (unaccepted > misspelling)
Genus Cogrus Rafinesque, 1810 accepted as Ophichthus Ahl, 1789
Genus Crotalopsis Kaup, 1860 accepted as Echiophis Kaup, 1856
Genus Cryptopterus Kaup, 1860 accepted as Ophichthus Ahl, 1789
Genus Cryptopterygium Ginsburg, 1951 accepted as Callechelys Kaup, 1856
Genus Cyclophichthys Whitley, 1951 accepted as Elapsopis Kaup, 1856 accepted as Leiuranus Bleeker, 1853
Genus Elapsopis Kaup, 1856 accepted as Leiuranus Bleeker, 1853 (synonym)
Genus Elapsopsis accepted as Elapsopis Kaup, 1856 accepted as Leiuranus Bleeker, 1853 (misspelling)
Genus Evipes accepted as Evips McCosker, 1972 (misspelling)
Genus Lamnastoma accepted as Lamnostoma Kaup, 1856 (misspelling)
Genus Lamnosoma accepted as Lamnostoma Kaup, 1856 (misspelling)
Genus Lamnostomus accepted as Lamnostoma Kaup, 1856 (misspelling)
Genus Leptorhynchus Smith, 1840 accepted as Ophisurus Lacepède, 1800
Genus Liuranus accepted as Leiuranus Bleeker, 1853 (misspelling)
Genus Machaerenchelys Fowler, 1938 accepted as Leiuranus Bleeker, 1853
Genus Malviolophus accepted as Malvoliophis Whitley, 1934 (misspelling)
Genus Microdonophis Kaup, 1856 accepted as Ophichthus Ahl, 1789
Genus Microrhynchus Blache & Bauchot, 1972 accepted as Phaenomonas Myers & Wade, 1941
Genus Muraenophis Lacepède, 1803 accepted as Gymnothorax Bloch, 1795
Genus Muraenopsis Lesueur, 1856 accepted as Ophichthus Ahl, 1789
Genus Myrichttys accepted as Myrichthys Girard, 1859 (misspelling)
Genus Myrichtys accepted as Myrichthys Girard, 1859 (misspelling)
Genus Myrus Kaup, 1856 accepted as Echelus Rafinesque, 1810
Genus Notophtophis Castro-Aguirre & Suárez de los Cobos, 1983 accepted as Echiophis Kaup, 1856
Genus Omochelys Fowler, 1918 accepted as Ophichthus Ahl, 1789
Genus Ophichtchys accepted as Ophichthus Ahl, 1789 (misspelling)
Genus Ophichtys accepted as Ophichthus Ahl, 1789 (misspelling)
Genus Ophicthus accepted as Ophichthus Ahl, 1789 (misspelling)
Genus Ophisurapus Kaup, 1856 accepted as Apterichtus Duméril, 1806
Genus Ophiurus accepted as Ophisurus Lacepède, 1800 (misspelling)
Genus Ophychthus accepted as Ophichthus Ahl, 1789 (misspelling)
Genus Opichthus accepted as Ophichthus Ahl, 1789 (misspelling)
Genus Oxyodontichthys Poey, 1880 accepted as Ophichthus Ahl, 1789
Genus Pantonora Smith, 1965 accepted as Yirrkala Whitley, 1940
Genus Pisodonphis accepted as Pisodonophis Kaup, 1856 (misspelling)
Genus Pisodontophis accepted as Pisodonophis Kaup, 1856 (misspelling)
Genus Pisonodophis accepted as Pisodonophis Kaup, 1856 (unaccepted > misspelling)
Genus Pisoodonophis accepted as Pisodonophis Kaup, 1856 (misspelling)
Genus Poecilocephalus Kaup, 1856 accepted as Ophichthus Ahl, 1789
Genus Pogonophis Myers & Wade, 1941 accepted as Herpetoichthys Kaup, 1856
Genus Pterurus Rafinesque, 1810 accepted as Dalophis Rafinesque, 1810
Genus Rhinenchelys Blache & Bauchot, 1972 accepted as Ichthyapus Brisout de Barneville, 1847
Genus Scytalophis Kaup, 1856 accepted as Ophichthus Ahl, 1789
Genus Sphagebranchus Bloch, 1795 accepted as Caecula Vahl, 1794 (synonym)
Genus Uranichthys Poey, 1867 accepted as Ophichthus Ahl, 1789
Genus Verma Jordan & Evermann, 1896 accepted as Apterichtus Duméril, 1806
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2023). FishBase. Ophichthinae Günther, 1870. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=151821 on 2023-10-02
The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
taxonomy source
Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details] Available for editors 
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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]
basis of record Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2022). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2022., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
[request] 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]
basis of record Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2022). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2022., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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