Echelus Rafinesque [C. S.] 1810:63 Masc. Echelus punctatus Rafinesque 1810. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Bleeker 1864:20 [ref. 4860] and 1865:117 [ref. 409]. •Valid as Echelus Rafinesque 1810 -- (Blache et al. 1973:245 [ref. 7185], McCosker 1977:75 [ref. 6836], Karrer 1982:76 [ref. 5679], Asano in Masuda et al. 1984:30 [ref. 6441], Bauchot in Whitehead et al. 1986:580 [ref. 13676], McCosker et al. 1989:298 [ref. 13288], Smith & McCosker 1999:1667 [ref. 24715], McCosker et al. 2006:268 [ref. 29006], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:18 [ref. 36649], Zhang et al. 2010:326 [ref. 31511], Shinohara et al. 2011:39 [ref. 31715], McCosker & Ho 2015:71 [ref. 34123], Fricke et al. 2018:43 [ref. 35805]). Current status: Valid as Echelus Rafinesque 1810. Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae.