Ichthyapus Brisout de Barneville [C. N. F.] 1847:219 [ref. 644]. Masc. Ichthyapus acutirostris Brisout de Barneville 1847. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Ichthyapus Brisout de Barneville 1847 -- (McCosker 1977:67 [ref. 6836], McCosker & Castle 1986:179 [ref. 5690], Paxton et al. 1989:116 [ref. 12442], McCosker et al. 1989:322 [ref. 13288], McCosker & Randall 1993:190 [ref. 20826], Smith & McCosker 1999:1665 [ref. 24715], McCosker 2003:732 [ref. 26993], McCosker 2004:171 [ref. 27619]). •Valid as Echelus uropterus (Temminck & Schlegel 1846) -- (Asano in Masuda et al. 1984:30 [ref. 6441], Smith & McCosker 1999:1668 [ref. 24715], Nakabo 2000:224 [ref. 25086], Shinohara et al. 2001:293 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:224 [ref. 26001], Youn 2002:143, 491 [ref. 26218], Shinohara et al. 2005:400 [ref. 28370], McCosker et al. 2006:268 [ref. 29006]). Current status: Valid as Ichthyapus Brisout de Barneville 1847. Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae.