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Ophichthidae Gunther, 1870

114049  (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:114049)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Actinopterygii (Class)
  6. Anguilliformes (Order)
  7. Ophichthidae (Family)
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Family
Ophichthyidae · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling

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  1. Genus Ahlia Jordan & Davis, 1891
  2. Genus Allips McCosker, 1972
  3. Genus Aplatophis Böhlke, 1956
  4. Genus Aprognathodon Böhlke, 1967
  5. Genus Apterichtus Duméril, 1805
  6. Genus Asanoa Sychevskaya & Prokofyev, 2004 †
  7. Genus Asarcenchelys McCosker, 1985
  8. Genus Bascanichthys Jordan & Davis, 1891
  9. Genus Benthenchelys Fowler, 1934
  10. Genus Brachysomophis Kaup, 1856
  11. Genus Caecula Vahl, 1794
  12. Genus Callechelys Kaup, 1856
  13. Genus Caralophia Böhlke, 1955
  14. Genus Cirrhimuraena Kaup, 1856
  15. Genus Cirricaecula Schultz in Schultz, Herald, Lachner, Welander & Woods, 1953
  16. Genus Dalophis Rafinesque, 1810
  17. Genus Echelus Rafinesque, 1810
  18. Genus Echiophis Kaup, 1856
  19. Genus Eophichthus Schwarzhans, Stringer & Takeuchi, 2024 †
  20. Genus Ethadophis Rosenblatt & McCosker, 1970
  21. Genus Evips McCosker, 1972
  22. Genus Glenoglossa McCosker, 1982
  23. Genus Gordiichthys Jordan & Davis, 1891
  24. Genus Hemerorhinus Weber & de Beaufort, 1916
  25. Genus Herpetoichthys Kaup, 1856
  26. Genus Hyphalophis McCosker & Böhlke, 1982
  27. Genus Ichthyapus Brisout de Barneville, 1847
  28. Genus Ipaimuraena Schwarzhans, Stringer & Takeuchi, 2024 †
  29. Genus Kertomichthys McCosker & Böhlke, 1982
  30. Genus Lamnostoma Kaup, 1856
  31. Genus Leiuranus Bleeker, 1853
  32. Genus Leptenchelys Myers & Wade, 1941
  33. Genus Letharchus Goode & Bean, 1882
  34. Genus Lethogoleos McCosker & Böhlke, 1982
  35. Genus Leuropharus Rosenblatt & McCosker, 1970
  36. Genus Luthulenchelys McCosker, 2007
  37. Genus Malvoliophis Whitley, 1934
  38. Genus Mixomyrophis McCosker, 1985
  39. Genus Muraenichthys Bleeker, 1853
  40. Genus Myrichthys Girard, 1859
  41. Genus Myrophis Lütken, 1852
  42. Genus Mystriophis Kaup, 1856
  43. Genus Neenchelys Bamber, 1915
  44. Genus Ophichthus Ahl, 1789
  45. Genus Ophisurus Lacepède, 1800
  46. Genus Oxystomus Rafinesque, 1810
  47. Genus Paraletharchus McCosker, 1974
  48. Genus Phaenomonas Myers & Wade, 1941
  49. Genus Phyllophichthus Gosline, 1951
  50. Genus Pisodonophis Kaup, 1856
  51. Genus Pseudomyrophis Wade, 1946
  52. Genus Pylorobranchus McCosker & Chen, 2012
  53. Genus Quassiremus Jordan & Davis, 1891
  54. Genus Rhinophichthus McCosker, 1999
  55. Genus Schismorhynchus McCosker, 1970
  56. Genus Schultzidia Gosline, 1951
  57. Genus Scolecenchelys Ogilby, 1897
  58. Genus Scytalichthys Jordan & Davis, 1891
  59. Genus Skythrenchelys Castle & McCosker, 1999
  60. Genus Stictorhinus Böhlke & McCosker, 1975
  61. Genus Suculentophichthus Fricke, 2015
  62. Genus Sympenchelys Hibino, Ho & Kimura, 2015
  63. Genus Xestochilus McCosker, 1998
  64. Genus Xyrias Jordan & Snyder, 1901
  65. Genus Yirrkala Whitley, 1940
  66. Genus Acanthenchelys Norman, 1922 accepted as Ophichthus Ahl, 1789
  67. Genus Achirophichthys Bleeker, 1864 accepted as Brachysomophis Kaup, 1856
  68. Genus Achlia Borodin, 1928 accepted as Ahlia Jordan & Davis, 1891
  69. Genus Anepistomon Gistel, 1848 accepted as Ophisurus Lacepède, 1800
  70. Genus Anguisurus Kaup, 1856 accepted as Lamnostoma Kaup, 1856
  71. Genus Antobrantia Pinto, 1970 accepted as Ophichthus Ahl, 1789
  72. Genus Aotea Phillipps, 1926 accepted as Scolecenchelys Ogilby, 1897
  73. Genus Apterichtes Fleming, 1822 accepted as Apterichtus Duméril, 1805
  74. Genus Apterichthus accepted as Apterichtus Duméril, 1805 (misspelling)
  75. Genus Apterichthys Kaup in Duméril, 1856 accepted as Apterichtus Duméril, 1805 (misspelling)
  76. Genus Apterichtys Schinz in Cuvier, 1822 accepted as Apterichtus Duméril, 1805 (misspelling)
  77. Genus Auchenichthys Kaup in Duméril, 1856 accepted as Brachysomophis Kaup, 1856
  78. Genus Brachycheirophis Fowler, 1944 accepted as Pisodonophis Kaup, 1856
  79. Genus Brachysomorphis accepted as Brachysomophis Kaup, 1856 (misspelling)
  80. Genus Brachysonophis accepted as Brachysomophis Kaup, 1856 (misspelling)
  81. Genus Branderius Rafinesque, 1815 accepted as Apterichtus Duméril, 1805
  82. Genus Caecilia Lacepède, 1800 accepted as Apterichtus Duméril, 1805
  83. Genus Caecilophis Duméril, 1856 accepted as Ophichthus Ahl, 1789
  84. Genus Calamuraena Whitley, 1944 accepted as Cirrhimuraena Kaup, 1856
  85. Genus Cecilia Rafinesque, 1815 [2] accepted as Apterichtus Duméril, 1805 (misspelling or unjustified emendation (of Caecilia Lacepède, 1800))
  86. Genus Centrurophis Kaup, 1856 accepted as Ophichthus Ahl, 1789
  87. Genus Chlevastes Jordan & Snyder, 1901 accepted as Myrichthys Girard, 1859
  88. Genus Coecilia Duméril, 1805 accepted as Apterichtus Duméril, 1805
  89. Genus Coecilophis Kaup, 1856 accepted as Ophichthus Ahl, 1789
  90. Genus Coecula Cuvier, 1817 accepted as Caecula Vahl, 1794
  91. Genus Cogrus Rafinesque, 1810 accepted as Ophichthus Ahl, 1789
  92. Genus Colubrina Lacepède, 1803
  93. Genus Colubrinus Duméril, 1805 (Misspelling)
  94. Genus Crotalopsis Kaup, 1860 accepted as Echiophis Kaup, 1856
  95. Genus Cryptopterenchelys Fowler, 1925 accepted as Ophichthus Ahl, 1789
  96. Genus Cryptopterus Kaup, 1860 accepted as Ophichthus Ahl, 1789
  97. Genus Cryptopterygium Ginsburg, 1951 accepted as Callechelys Kaup, 1856
  98. Genus Cyclophichthys Whitley, 1951 accepted as Elapsopis Kaup, 1856 accepted as Leiuranus Bleeker, 1853
  99. Genus Dalaphis Rafinesque, 1810 accepted as Dalophis Rafinesque, 1810
  100. Genus Dendrophis Kaup in Duméril, 1856 accepted as Brachysomophis Kaup, 1856
  101. Genus Echiopsis Kaup, 1856 accepted as Echiophis Kaup, 1856
  102. Genus Elapsopis Kaup, 1856 accepted as Leiuranus Bleeker, 1853 (synonym)
  103. Genus Elapsopsis Kaup, 1856 accepted as Elapsopis Kaup, 1856 accepted as Leiuranus Bleeker, 1853 (misspelling)
  104. Genus Enchelys Agassiz, 1846 accepted as Echelus Rafinesque, 1810
  105. Genus Evipes accepted as Evips McCosker, 1972 (misspelling)
  106. Genus Giscenchelys Fowler, 1944 accepted as Ophichthus Ahl, 1789
  107. Genus Hesperomyrus Myers & Storey, 1939 accepted as Myrophis Lütken, 1852
  108. Genus Holopterura Cope, 1871 accepted as Myrophis Lütken, 1852
  109. Genus Innominado Parra, 1787 accepted as Ophichthus Ahl, 1789
  110. Genus Jenkinsella accepted as Jenkinsiella Jordan & Evermann, 1905 accepted as Cirrhimuraena Kaup, 1856 (misspelling)
  111. Genus Jenkinsiella Jordan & Evermann, 1905 accepted as Cirrhimuraena Kaup, 1856 (synonym)
  112. Genus Lamnastoma accepted as Lamnostoma Kaup, 1856 (misspelling)
  113. Genus Lamnosoma accepted as Lamnostoma Kaup, 1856 (misspelling)
  114. Genus Lamnostomus accepted as Lamnostoma Kaup, 1856 (misspelling)
  115. Genus Leiurus Kaup in Duméril, 1856 accepted as Myrichthys Girard, 1859
  116. Genus Leptoconcher Carus, 1880 accepted as Myrophis Lütken, 1852
  117. Genus Leptoconger Poey, 1880 accepted as Myrophis Lütken, 1852
  118. Genus Leptognathus Swainson, 1838 accepted as Ophisurus Lacepède, 1800
  119. Genus Leptorhinophis Kaup, 1856 accepted as Ophichthus Ahl, 1789
  120. Genus Leptorhynchus Smith, 1840 accepted as Ophisurus Lacepède, 1800
  121. Genus Letharcus Goode & Bean, 1882 accepted as Letharchus Goode & Bean, 1882
  122. Genus Liuranus Günther, 1870 accepted as Leiuranus Bleeker, 1853 (misspelling)
  123. Genus Machaerenchelys Fowler, 1938 accepted as Leiuranus Bleeker, 1853
  124. Genus Macrodonophis Poey, 1868 accepted as Echiophis Kaup, 1856
  125. Genus Malviolophus accepted as Malvoliophis Whitley, 1934 (misspelling)
  126. Genus Microdonophis Kaup, 1856 accepted as Ophichthus Ahl, 1789
  127. Genus Microrhynchus Blache & Bauchot, 1972 accepted as Phaenomonas Myers & Wade, 1941
  128. Genus Muaenichthys accepted as Muraenichthys Bleeker, 1853 (misspelling)
  129. Genus Muraenophis Lacepède, 1803 accepted as Gymnothorax Bloch, 1795
  130. Genus Muraenopsis Lesueur in Kaup, 1856 accepted as Ophichthus Ahl, 1789
  131. Genus Myrichttys accepted as Myrichthys Girard, 1859 (misspelling)
  132. Genus Myrichtys accepted as Myrichthys Girard, 1859 (misspelling)
  133. Genus Myroplius accepted as Myrophis Lütken, 1852 (misspelling)
  134. Genus Myropterura Ogilby, 1897 accepted as Scolecenchelys Ogilby, 1897
  135. Genus Myrus Kaup, 1856 accepted as Echelus Rafinesque, 1810
  136. Genus Notophtophis Castro-Aguirre & Suárez de los Cobos, 1983 accepted as Echiophis Kaup, 1856
  137. Genus Omochelys Fowler, 1918 accepted as Ophichthus Ahl, 1789
  138. Genus Ophichtchys accepted as Ophichthus Ahl, 1789 (misspelling)
  139. Genus Ophichthys Swainson, 1839 accepted as Monopterus Lacepède, 1800 (synonym)
  140. Genus Ophichtys accepted as Ophichthus Ahl, 1789 (misspelling)
  141. Genus Ophicthus accepted as Ophichthus Ahl, 1789 (misspelling)
  142. Genus Ophis Turton, 1807 accepted as Ophichthus Ahl, 1789
  143. Genus Ophisuraphis Kaup, 1856 accepted as Apterichtus Duméril, 1805
  144. Genus Ophisurapus Kaup, 1856 accepted as Apterichtus Duméril, 1805
  145. Genus Ophisurophis Bleeker, 1864 accepted as Apterichtus Duméril, 1805
  146. Genus Ophithorax McClelland, 1844 accepted as Ophichthus Ahl, 1789
  147. Genus Ophiurus Agassiz, 1846 accepted as Ophisurus Lacepède, 1800 (misspelling)
  148. Genus Ophychthus accepted as Ophichthus Ahl, 1789 (misspelling)
  149. Genus Opichthus accepted as Ophichthus Ahl, 1789 (misspelling)
  150. Genus Oxyodontichthys Poey, 1880 accepted as Ophichthus Ahl, 1789
  151. Genus Pantonora Smith, 1965 accepted as Yirrkala Whitley, 1940
  152. Genus Paramyrus Günther, 1870 accepted as Ophichthus Ahl, 1789
  153. Genus Pelia Schlegel in Bleeker, 1863 accepted as Dalophis Rafinesque, 1810
  154. Genus Pisodonphis accepted as Pisodonophis Kaup, 1856 (misspelling)
  155. Genus Pisodontophis Günther, 1870 accepted as Pisodonophis Kaup, 1856 (misspelling)
  156. Genus Pisoodonophis Kaup, 1860 accepted as Pisodonophis Kaup, 1856 (misspelling)
  157. Genus Pisoodontus Popta, 1904 accepted as Pisodonophis Kaup, 1856
  158. Genus Poecilocephalus Kaup, 1856 accepted as Ophichthus Ahl, 1789
  159. Genus Pogonophis Myers & Wade, 1941 accepted as Herpetoichthys Kaup, 1856
  160. Genus Pterurus Rafinesque, 1810 accepted as Dalophis Rafinesque, 1810
  161. Genus Rhinenchelys Blache & Bauchot, 1972 accepted as Ichthyapus Brisout de Barneville, 1847
  162. Genus Schizmorhynchus accepted as Schismorhynchus McCosker, 1970 (misspelling)
  163. Genus Scolenchelys Ogilby, 1897 accepted as Scolecenchelys Ogilby, 1897
  164. Genus Scytallurus Duméril, 1856 accepted as Dalophis Rafinesque, 1810
  165. Genus Scytalophis Kaup, 1856 accepted as Ophichthus Ahl, 1789
  166. Genus Sphagebranchus Bloch, 1795 accepted as Caecula Vahl, 1794 (synonym)
  167. Genus Stethopterus Bleeker, 1853 (unaccepted)
  168. Genus Syletophis Whitley, 1950 (unaccepted)
  169. Genus Syletor Jordan, 1919 (unaccepted)
  170. Genus Typhlotes Fischer, 1813 (unaccepted)
  171. Genus Uranichthys Poey, 1867 (unaccepted)
  172. Genus Verma Jordan & Evermann, 1896 (unaccepted)
  173. Genus Zonophichthus Whitley, 1930 (unaccepted)
  174. Genus Bertinulus Whitley, 1948 (uncertain, unassessed)
  175. Genus Cirrihimuraena (uncertain, unassessed)
  176. Genus Ophichtus (uncertain, unassessed)
  177. Genus Ophicthys Swainson, 1839 (uncertain, unassessed)
  178. Genus Ophictus (uncertain, unassessed)
marine
recent + fossil
Not documented
IRMNG (2024). Ophichthidae Gunther, 1870. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=114049 on 2025-09-11
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2006-09-19 22:00:00Z
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Rees, Tony
2011-12-31 23:00:00Z
changed
Rees, Tony
2023-05-20 14:33:10Z
changed
Girard, Jean-Sébastien

basis of record Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. [details] 

additional 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] 

current name source Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version. , available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] 

extant flag source Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. [details] 

habitat flag source FishBase [details] 
Unreviewed
Classification Eukaryota (Superkingdom) > Animalia (Kingdom) > Eumetazoa (Subkingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Osteichthyes (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Anguilliformes (Order) > Ophichthidae (Family) [details]

Descriptive info From FishBase: Freshwater + Brackish + Marine. FishBase flag: Mostly Marine. [details]

Habitat Marine and nonmarine [details]
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