Chilara Jordan [D. S.] & Evermann [B. W.] 1896:482 Fem. Ophidion taylori Girard 1858. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Misspelled Chilaria by Jordan et al. 1930:485 [ref. 6476]. Correct spelling for genus of type species is Ophidion. •Valid as Chilara Jordan & Evermann 1896 -- (Cohen & Nielsen 1978:15 [ref. 881], Robins in Nielsen et al. 1999:27, 39 [ref. 24448], Carnevale & Johnson 2015:778 [ref. 34391], Pietsch & Orr 2015:27 [ref. 34694]). Current status: Valid as Chilara Jordan & Evermann 1896. Ophidiidae: Ophidiinae.