stenopterus, Ophichthys Cope [E. D.] 1871:482 [Transactions of the American Philosophical Society (New Series) v. 14 (pt 3) (art. 5); ref. 920] Japan. Syntypes: ANSP 1043-44 (2). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:134 [ref. 13621]. •Valid as Ophichthus stenopterus Cope 1871 -- (McCosker 1977:81 [ref. 6836], Smith & McCosker 1999:1669 [ref. 24715], Tang & Zhang 2004:21 [ref. 27889], Zhang et al. 2010:346 [ref. 31511], McCosker et al. 2012:7 [ref. 31982], McCosker & Ho 2015:72 [ref. 34123]). •Synonym of Ophichthus pallens (Richardson 1848) -- (Hibino et al. 2019:296 [ref. 36433]). Current status: Synonym of Ophichthus pallens (Richardson 1848). Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae. Habitat: marine.