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Species in the genus Ophisternon: [ 10 ] records

aenigmaticum, Ophisternon Rosen [D. E.] & Greenwood [P. H.] 1976:52, Figs. 23-24 [Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History v. 157 (art. 1); ref. 7094] About 13 kilometers southwest of Sebol, Alta Verapaz, Río Chajmaic, Guatemala. Holotype: AMNH 32410. Paratypes: AMNH 3286 (2), 8817 (ca 15), 17269SW (1 c&s), 18683 (3), 19584 (1), 24515 (1), 25145 (1), 25187 (1), 25403 (2), 25470 (2), 26271 (1), 30217 (1), 31502 (1), 31504 (4), 31508 (1), 31554 (1), 31573 (3), 31594 (3), 31619 (1), 31701 (1), 31723 (2), 32002 (2), 32017 (3), 32071 (4), 32096 (2), 32408 (3); UMMZ 104117 (1), 98883 (1), 158397 (1), 167700 (1), 190581 (2), 190711 (3), 190810 (2), 193885 (2). •Valid as Ophisternon aenigmaticum Rosen & Greenwood 1976 -- (Villa 1982:156 [ref. 36708], Lee et al. 1983:62 [ref. 22527], Espinosa Pérez et al. 1993:62 [ref. 22290], Greenfield & Thomerson 1997:138 [ref. 22947], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:594 [ref. 27061], Smith et al. 2003:19 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:113 [ref. 27807], Perdices et al. 2005:460 [ref. 28418], Miller 2006:323 [ref. 28615], Scharpf 2007:37 [ref. 30398], Matamoros et al. 2009:16 [ref. 31241], Page et al. 2013:115 [ref. 32708], Phillip et al. 2013:21 [ref. 32896], Angulo et al. 2013:998 [ref. 33194], Barrientos et al. 2015:4 [ref. 37653], López-Segovia et al. 2020:110 [ref. 38151], Angulo et al. 2023:38 [ref. 40676], Page et al. 2023:126 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Ophisternon aenigmaticum Rosen & Greenwood 1976. Synbranchidae. Distribution: Atlantic Slope of Southern North America, Central America and Caribbean islands: Belize, Costa Rica, Cuba, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Saint Lucia (introduced), and Trinidad and Tobago. Habitat: freshwater.

afer, Symbranchus Boulenger [G. A.] 1909:430 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 8) v. 4 (no. 23); ref. 14366] Port Mansoa, Guinea-Bissau. Lectotype: BMNH 1909.10.29.114. Paralectotypes: BMNH 1909.10.29.113 (1), 1909.10.29 115 (1, skeleton). Lectotype selected by Rosen & Greenwood 1976:51-52 [ref. 7094]. •Valid as Ophisternon afrum (Boulenger 1909) -- (Rosen & Greenwood 1976:51 [ref. 7094], Daget 1986:291 [ref. 6203], Greenwood 1990:1023 [ref. 19525], Daget in Lévêque et al. 1992:660 [ref. 21590], Poll & Gosse 1995:83 [ref. 24781], Bailey & Gans 1998:6 [ref. 23296], Britz et al. 2016:313 [ref. 34914]). Current status: Valid as Ophisternon afrum (Boulenger 1909). Synbranchidae. Distribution: West Africa. Habitat: freshwater.

bengalensis, Ophisternon McClelland [J.] 1844:197, 204, 220, Pl. 11 (fig. 1) [Calcutta Journal of Natural History v. 5 (no. 18); ref. 2928] Bengal, India. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. Lectotype selected by Rosen & Greenwood 1976:51 [ref. 7094], but that specimen is not part of the type series, see Kottelat (2013):309 [ref. 32989], the unique type was a specimen 2 feet long. •Valid as Ophisternon bengalense McClelland 1844 -- (Rosen & Greenwood 1976:51 [ref. 7094], Paxton et al. 1989:436 [ref. 12442], Ataur Rahman 1989:51 [ref. 24860] as bengalensis, Pethiyagoda 1991:205 [ref. 20075], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:780 [ref. 20764], Allen 1991:110 [ref. 21090], Kottelat et al. 1993:101 [ref. 23448], Rainboth 1996:177 [ref. 22772], Bailey & Gans 1998:6 [ref. 23296], Menon 1999:282 [ref. 24904], Pusey et al. 2000:72 [ref. 24466], Lim in Randall & Lim 2000:604 [ref. 25122], Allen et al. 2000:91 [ref. 27467] dated 1845, Allen et al. 2002:174 [ref. 25930], Ataur Rahman 2003:66 [ref. 31338], Hoese & Gates 2006:860 [ref. 28997], Larson et al. 2013:78 [ref. 32988], Kottelat 2013:309 [ref. 32989], Taki et al. 2021:344 [ref. 39830], Jamandre 2023:175 [ref. 40455]). Current status: Valid as Ophisternon bengalense McClelland 1844. Synbranchidae. Distribution: South and Southeast Asia: India to Mekong River basin, southern Cambodia and Vietnam; Philippines. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

candidum, Anommatophasma Mees [G. F.] 1962:27 [Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia v. 45 (pt 1); ref. 2966] Tantabiddi Well, Yardie Creek Station, North West Cape, Western Australia. Holotype: WAM P.4917-001. Paratypes: WAM P.4918-001 (1). Type catalog: Hutchins & Smith 1991:16 [ref. 19335], Moore et al. 2008:17 [ref. 30117] •Valid as Ophisternon candidum (Mees 1962) -- (Rosen & Greenwood 1976:51 [ref. 7094], Paxton et al. 1989:436 [ref. 12442], Humphreys 1999:469 [ref. 24250], Unmack 2001:1062 [ref. 25797], Hutchins 2001:27 [ref. 25847], Allen et al. 2002:175 [ref. 25930], Romero & Paulson 2001:33 [ref. 26040], Humphreys 2001:297 [ref. 26398], Proudlove 2006:185 [ref. 28992], Chakrabarty 2010:26 [ref. 30921], Morgan et al. 2014:29 [ref. 36567], Moore 2018:[2] 161 [ref. 36551]). Current status: Valid as Ophisternon candidum (Mees 1962). Synbranchidae. Distribution: Western Australia endemic: Cape Range peninsula, Bungaroo aquifer, and Barrow Island, Pilbara. Restricted to subterranean aquifers. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

cinerea, Muraena Bonnaterre [J. P.] (ex Gronow) 1788:35 [Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature... Ichthyologie; ref. 4940] Guinea. No types known. Based on 'Muraena unicolor: maxilla superiore longiore ...' of Gronow 1763:39 [ref. 1910]. Also described as Muraena microphthalma Walbaum 1792. Not used as valid after 1899; therefore reversal of priority in favor of Symbranchus afer Boulenger 1909 is followed (Art. 23.9). •In the synonymy of Ophisternon afrum (Boulenger 1909). Current status: Synonym of Ophisternon afrum (Boulenger 1909). Synbranchidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

gutturalis, Synbranchus Richardson [J.] 1845:49, Pl. 30 (figs. 14-17) [Ichthyology of the voyage of H. M. S. Erebus & Terror v. 2 (2); ref. 3740] Dampier Archipelago, Western Australia. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1848.3.18.95. •Valid as Ophisternon gutturale (Richardson 1845) -- (Rosen & Greenwood 1976:51 [ref. 7094], Paxton et al. 1989:436 [ref. 12442], Larson & Martin 1990:36 [ref. 16606], Allen 1991:111 [ref. 21090], Larson & Williams 1997:352 [ref. 23967], Hutchins 2001:27 [ref. 25847], Allen et al. 2002:176 [ref. 25930], Hoese & Gates 2006:861 [ref. 28997], Allen et al. 2008:108 [ref. 30265], Larson et al. 2013:79 [ref. 32988]). Current status: Valid as Ophisternon gutturale (Richardson 1845). Synbranchidae. Distribution: Northern Australia and Papua New Guinea. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

hepaticus, Ophisternon McClelland [J.] 1844:198, 204, 221, Pl. 11 (fig. 2) [Calcutta Journal of Natural History v. 5 (no. 18); ref. 2928] Arrakan coast, Myanmar. No types known. •Questionably a synonym of Ophisternon bengalense McClelland 1844 -- (Rosen & Greenwood 1976:51 [ref. 7094], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:780 [ref. 20764]). •Synonym of Ophisternon bengalense McClelland 1844 -- (Menon 1999:282 [ref. 24904], Kottelat 2013:309 [ref. 32989] with question). Current status: Synonym of Ophisternon bengalense McClelland 1844. Synbranchidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

infernalis, Pluto Hubbs [C. L.] 1938:292, Pl. 4 [Carnegie Institution of Washington Publications No. 491 (art. 21); ref. 2248] Hoctun Cave at Hoctun, between Merida and Chichen Itza, Yucatán, Mexico. Holotype (unique): UMMZ 116093. •Valid as Ophisternon infernale (Hubbs 1938) -- (Rosen & Greenwood 1976:52 [ref. 7094], Gamboa Pérez 1992:320 [ref. 38704], Espinosa Pérez et al. 1993:62 [ref. 22290], Romero & Paulson 2001:34 [ref. 26040], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:594 [ref. 27061], Nelson et al. 2004:113 [ref. 27807], Miller 2006:323 [ref. 28615], Proudlove 2006:183 [ref. 28992], Page et al. 2013:115 [ref. 32708], Britz et al. 2022:[2] 244 [ref. 39846], Page et al. 2023:126 [ref. 40505], Pérez-Rodríguez et al. 2023:58 [ref. 40739]). Current status: Valid as Ophisternon infernale (Hubbs 1938). Synbranchidae. Distribution: Southern North America: subterranean waters of northern Yucatán Peninsula, Atlantic Slope (Mexico). Habitat: freshwater.

microphthalma, Muraena Walbaum [J. J.] (ex Gronow) 1792:152 [Petri Artedi sueci genera piscium Part 3; ref. 4572] Guinea. No types known. Based on 'Muraena unicolor: maxilla superiore longiore ...' of Gronow 1763:39 [ref. 1910]. Description independent of Muraena cinerea Bonnaterre 1788. Not used as valid after 1899; therefore reversal of priority in favor of Symbranchus afer Boulenger 1909 is followed (Art. 23.9). •Possibly a synonym of Ophisternon afrum (Boulenger 1909) -- (P. Parenti, pers. comm.). Current status: Uncertain as Ophisternon afrum (Boulenger 1909). Synbranchidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

microphthalmus, Tetrabranchus Bleeker [P.] 1851:69 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 2 (no. 1); ref. 327] Bandjarmasin, Borneo, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. •Synonym of Ophisternon bengalense McClelland 1844 -- (Rosen & Greenwood 1976:51 [ref. 7094], Menon 1999:282 [ref. 24904]. Kottelat 2013:309 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Ophisternon bengalense McClelland 1844. Synbranchidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.