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Echiophis Kaup, 1856

AphiaID

158607 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158607)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Ophichthinae Günther, 1870

Synonymised names

Crotalopsis Kaup, 1860 · unaccepted

Notophtophis Castro-Aguirre & Suárez de los Cobos, 1983 · unaccepted

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Species Echiophis brunneus (Castro-Aguirre & Suárez de los Cobos, 1983)
Species Echiophis intertinctus (Richardson, 1848)
Species Echiophis punctifer (Kaup, 1859)
Species Echiophis creutzbergi (Cadenat, 1956) accepted as Echiophis punctifer (Kaup, 1859)
Species Echiophis mordax (Poey, 1860) accepted as Echiophis punctifer (Kaup, 1859)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Echiophis Kaup, 1856. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158607 on 2026-06-29

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-05-26 07:43:32Z

created

Cuvelier, Daphne

2013-01-04 15:09:25Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Notophtophis Castro-Aguirre & Suárez de los Cobos, 1983) Castro-Aguirre, J. L.; Suárez de los Cobos, S. (1983). Notophtophis brunneus, nuevo género y especie de la familia Ophichthidae, (Pisces: Anguilliformes) hallado en la Bahía de Acapulco, Guerrero, México. <em>Anales de la Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, México.</em> v. 27: 113-128. [English summary.]. [details]

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