World Register of Deep-Sea species - Ophichthus Ahl, 1789

WoRMS taxon details

Ophichthus Ahl, 1789

AphiaID

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

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Ophichthinae Günther, 1870

Synonymised names

Acanthenchelys Norman, 1922 · unaccepted

Antobrantia Pinto, 1970 · unaccepted

Centrurophis Kaup, 1856 · unaccepted

Cogrus Rafinesque, 1810 · unaccepted

Cryptopterus Kaup, 1860 · unaccepted

Microdonophis Kaup, 1856 · unaccepted

Muraenopsis Lesueur, 1856 · unaccepted

Omochelys Fowler, 1918 · unaccepted

Ophichtchys · unaccepted (misspelling)

Ophichtys · unaccepted (misspelling)

Ophicthus · unaccepted (misspelling)

Ophychthus · unaccepted (misspelling)

Opichthus · unaccepted (misspelling)

Oxyodontichthys Poey, 1880 · unaccepted

Paramyrus Günther, 1870 · unaccepted

Poecilocephalus Kaup, 1856 · unaccepted

Scytalophis Kaup, 1856 · unaccepted

Uranichthys Poey, 1867 · unaccepted

Direct children (133)

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Species Ophichthus alleni McCosker, 2010
Species Ophichthus altipennis (Kaup, 1856)
Species Ophichthus aniptocheilos McCosker, 2010
Species Ophichthus apachus McCosker & Rosenblatt, 1998
Species Ophichthus aphotistos McCosker & Chen, 2000
Species Ophichthus apicalis (Anonymous [Bennett], 1830)
Species Ophichthus arneutes McCosker & Rosenblatt, 1998
Species Ophichthus asakusae Jordan & Snyder, 1901
Species Ophichthus bicolor McCosker & Ho, 2015
Species Ophichthus bonaparti (Kaup, 1856)
Species Ophichthus brachynotopterus Karrer, 1983
Species Ophichthus brasiliensis (Kaup, 1856)
Species Ophichthus brevicaudatus Chu, Wu & Jin, 1981
Species Ophichthus brevidorsalis Chiu & Hibino, 2019
Species Ophichthus brevirostris McCosker & Ross, 2007
Species Ophichthus celebicus (Bleeker, 1856)
Species Ophichthus cephalozona Bleeker, 1864
Species Ophichthus chennaiensis Das, Mohapatra, Rajendar & Bhaskar, 2020
Species Ophichthus congroides McCosker, 2010
Species Ophichthus cruentifer (Goode & Bean, 1896)
Species Ophichthus cylindroideus (Ranzani, 1839)
Species Ophichthus echeloides (D'Ancona, 1928)
Species Ophichthus erabo (Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
Species Ophichthus exourus McCosker, 1999
Species Ophichthus fasciatus (Chu, Wu & Jin, 1981)
Species Ophichthus fowleri (Jordan & Evermann, 1903)
Species Ophichthus frontalis Garman, 1899
Species Ophichthus genie McCosker, 1999
Species Ophichthus gomesii (Castelnau, 1855)
Species Ophichthus grandoculis (Cantor, 1849)
Species Ophichthus hirritus McCosker, 2010
Species Ophichthus humanni McCosker, 2010
Species Ophichthus hyposagmatus McCosker & Böhlke, 1984
Species Ophichthus ishiyamorum McCosker, 2010
Species Ophichthus johnmccoskeri Mohapatra, Ray, Mohanty & Mishra, 2018
Species Ophichthus kailashchandrai Mohapatra, Ray, Mohanty & Mishra, 2020
Species Ophichthus kunaloa McCosker, 1979
Species Ophichthus kusanagi Hibino, McCosker & Tashiro, 2019
Species Ophichthus lentiginosus McCosker, 2010
Species Ophichthus leonensis Blache, 1975
Species Ophichthus limkouensis Chen, 1929
Species Ophichthus lithinus (Jordan & Richardson, 1908)
Species Ophichthus longicorpus Vo & Ho, 2021
Species Ophichthus longipenis McCosker & Rosenblatt, 1998
Species Ophichthus lupus Hibino, McCosker & Tashiro, 2019
Species Ophichthus machidai McCosker, Ide & Endo, 2012
Species Ophichthus macrochir (Bleeker, 1853)
Species Ophichthus macrops Günther, 1910
Species Ophichthus maculatus (Rafinesque, 1810)
Species Ophichthus manilensis Herre, 1923
Species Ophichthus marginatus (Peters, 1855)
Species Ophichthus mccoskeri Sumod, Hibino, Manjabrayakath & Sanjeevan, 2019
Species Ophichthus mecopterus McCosker & Rosenblatt, 1998
Species Ophichthus megalops Asano, 1987
Species Ophichthus melanoporus Kanazawa, 1963
Species Ophichthus melope McCosker & Rosenblatt, 1998
Species Ophichthus menezesi McCosker & Böhlke, 1984
Species Ophichthus microcephalus Day, 1878
Species Ophichthus microstictus McCosker, 2010
Species Ophichthus mystacinus McCosker, 1999
Species Ophichthus naevius Kodeeswaran, Kathirvelpandian, Mohapatra, Kumar & Sarkar, 2023
Species Ophichthus naga McCosker & Psomadakis, 2018
Species Ophichthus nansen McCosker & Psomadakis, 2018
Species Ophichthus nigroventralis Kodeeswaran, Mohapatra & Kumar, 2023
Species Ophichthus obtusus McCosker, Ide & Endo, 2012
Species Ophichthus oligosteus Hibino, McCosker & Tashiro, 2019
Species Ophichthus olivaceus McCosker & Bogorodsky, 2020
Species Ophichthus omorgmus McCosker & Böhlke, 1984
Species Ophichthus ophis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Ophichthus pallens (Richardson, 1848)
Species Ophichthus polyophthalmus Bleeker, 1864
Species Ophichthus pullus McCosker, 2005
Species Ophichthus puncticeps (Kaup, 1859)
Species Ophichthus remiger (Valenciennes, 1837)
Species Ophichthus retrodorsalis Liu, Tang & Zhang, 2010
Species Ophichthus rex Böhlke & Caruso, 1980
Species Ophichthus roseus Tanaka, 1917
Species Ophichthus rotundus Lee & Asano, 1997
Species Ophichthus rufus (Rafinesque, 1810)
Species Ophichthus rugifer Jordan & Bollman, 1890
Species Ophichthus rutidoderma (Bleeker, 1852)
Species Ophichthus semilunatus Hibino & Chiu, 2019
Species Ophichthus serpentinus Seale, 1917
Species Ophichthus shaoi McCosker & Ho, 2015
Species Ophichthus singapurensis Bleeker, 1864-65
Species Ophichthus spinicauda (Norman, 1922)
Species Ophichthus stenopterus Cope, 1871
Species Ophichthus tchangi Tang & Zhang, 2002
Species Ophichthus tetratrema McCosker & Rosenblatt, 1998
Species Ophichthus tomioi McCosker, 2010
Species Ophichthus triserialis (Kaup, 1856)
Species Ophichthus tsuchidae Jordan & Snyder, 1901
Species Ophichthus unicolor Regan, 1908
Species Ophichthus urolophus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
Species Ophichthus vietnamensis Vo, Hibino & Ho, 2019
Species Ophichthus woosuitingi Chen, 1929
Species Ophichthus yamakawai Hibino, McCosker & Tashiro, 2019
Species Ophichthus zophistius (Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
Species Ophichthus zophochir Jordan & Gilbert, 1882
Species Ophichthus altipinnis (Kaup, 1856) accepted as Ophichthus altipennis (Kaup, 1856) (misspelling)
Species Ophichthus ater (Peters, 1866) accepted as Ophichthus remiger (Valenciennes, 1837)
Species Ophichthus bangko (Bleeker, 1852) accepted as Ophichthus apicalis (Anonymous [Bennett], 1830)
Species Ophichthus bennettai McCosker, 1986 accepted as Ophichthus serpentinus Seale, 1917
Species Ophichthus callaensis Günther, 1873 accepted as Ophichthus remiger (Valenciennes, 1837)
Species Ophichthus chamensis Meek & Hildebrand, 1923 accepted as Ophichthus zophochir Jordan & Gilbert, 1882
Species Ophichthus chilkensis Chaudhuri, 1916 accepted as Pisodonophis cancrivorus (Richardson, 1848)
Species Ophichthus cyclorhinus Fraser-Brunner, 1934 accepted as Leiuranus versicolor (Richardson, 1848)
Species Ophichthus cylindroides (Ranzani, 1839) accepted as Ophichthus cylindroideus (Ranzani, 1839) (misspelling)
Species Ophichthus derbyensis Whitley, 1941 accepted as Ophichthus rutidoderma (Bleeker, 1852) (synonym)
Species Ophichthus dicellurus (Richardson, 1845) accepted as Ophichthus remiger (Valenciennes, 1837)
Species Ophichthus episcopus Castelnau, 1878 accepted as Ophichthus bonaparti (Kaup, 1856)
Species Ophichthus evermanni Jordan & Richardson, 1909 accepted as Ophichthus lithinus (Jordan & Richardson, 1908)
Species Ophichthus evionthas Jordan & Bollman, 1890 accepted as Quassiremus evionthas (Jordan & Bollman, 1890) (misspelling)
Species Ophichthus garretti Günther, 1910 accepted as Ophichthus bonaparti (Kaup, 1856)
Species Ophichthus gomesi (Castelnau, 1855) accepted as Ophichthus gomesii (Castelnau, 1855) (misspelling)
Species Ophichthus hijala (Hamilton, 1822) accepted as Pisodonophis hijala (Hamilton, 1822) (senior synonym)
Species Ophichthus karreri Blache, 1975 accepted as Ophichthus serpentinus Seale, 1917
Species Ophichthus madagascariensis Fourmanoir, 1961 accepted as Pisodonophis cancrivorus (Richardson, 1848)
Species Ophichthus melanochir (Bleeker, 1864) accepted as Ophichthus altipennis (Kaup, 1856)
Species Ophichthus miyamotonis Tanaka, 1913 accepted as Myrichthys maculosus (Cuvier, 1816)
Species Ophichthus multiserialis Norman, 1939 accepted as Xyrias multiserialis (Norman, 1939)
Species Ophichthus ornatissimus (Kaup, 1856) accepted as Herpetoichthys regius (Richardson, 1848)
Species Ophichthus pacifici Günther, 1870 accepted as Ophichthus remiger (Valenciennes, 1837)
Species Ophichthus parilis (Richardson, 1848) accepted as Ophichthus cylindroideus (Ranzani, 1839)
Species Ophichthus parilus (Richardson, 1848) accepted as Ophichthus cylindroideus (Ranzani, 1839) (misspelling)
Species Ophichthus ramiger (Valenciennes, 1847) accepted as Ophichthus remiger (Valenciennes, 1837) (misspelling)
Species Ophichthus regius (Richardson, 1848) accepted as Herpetoichthys regius (Richardson, 1848)
Species Ophichthus remicaudus (Kaup, 1856) accepted as Ophichthus rufus (Rafinesque, 1810)
Species Ophichthus retifer Fowler, 1935 accepted as Ophichthus erabo (Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
Species Ophichthus rutidodermatoides (Bleeker, 1852) accepted as Ophichthus rutidoderma (Bleeker, 1852)
Species Ophichthus stypurus Smith & Swain, 1882 accepted as Myrichthys magnificus (Abbott, 1860) (synonym)
Species Ophichthus timorensis Günther, 1870 accepted as Yirrkala lumbricoides (Bleeker, 1864)
Species Ophichthus zonatus Howell Rivero, 1932 accepted as Ophichthus spinicauda (Norman, 1922)

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Ophichthus Ahl, 1789. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125647 on 2025-05-17

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

Licensing

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Nomenclature

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. Per le stampe di Sanfilippo: Palermo, Italy. 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]

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

Taxonomy

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]

Other

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]

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]