hijala, Ophisurus Hamilton [F.] 1822:20, 363, Pl. 5 (fig. 5) [An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges; ref. 2031] Bengal, India. No types known. Hamilton's original illustration reproduced by Britz 2019:Pl. 12a [ref. 37532]. •Questionably a synonym of Pisodonophis boro (Hamilton 1822) -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:86 [ref. 20764]). •Valid as Pisodonophis hijala (Hamilton 1822) -- (McCosker 1977:83 [ref. 6836], Smith & McCosker 1999:1669 [ref. 24715], Ji & Kim 2011:61 [ref. 31152], Kottelat 2013:47 [ref. 32989]). •Valid as Ophichthus hijala (Hamilton 1822) -- (McCosker et al. 2020:34 [ref. 37376], McCosker 2022:122 [ref. 39686], Kodeeswaran et al. 2023:6 [ref. 40641]). Current status: Valid as Ophichthus hijala (Hamilton 1822). Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae. Distribution: Northeastern Indian Ocean: Bay of Bengal (India) and Myanmar. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.