intertinctus, Ophisurus Richardson [J.] 1848:102 [Ichthyology of the voyage of H. M. S. Erebus & Terror v. 2 (2); ref. 3740] West Indies. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1982.5.7.4. •Valid as Echiophis intertinctus (Richardson 1848) -- (McCosker 1977:76 [ref. 6836], Robins & Ray 1986:64 [ref. 23100], McCosker et al. 1989:359 [ref. 13288], Leiby in Smith 1989:830 [ref. 13285], Cervigón 1991:61 [ref. 24472], Boschung 1992:34 [ref. 23239], Cervigón 1992:372 [ref. 23827], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:172 [ref. 24023], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:263 [ref. 23897], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:149 [ref. 27754], McCosker & Randall 2001:3 [ref. 25635], McCosker 2003:732 [ref. 26993], Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:34 [ref. 27192], Nelson et al. 2004:62 [ref. 27807], Page et al. 2013:62 [ref. 32708], Rotundo et al. in Marceniuk et al. 2021:107 [ref. 38945], Carvalho-Filho 2023:57 [ref. 40480], Hoff et al. 2023:7 [ref. 40463], Page et al. 2023:54 [ref. 40505], Fricke et al. 2024:122 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Valid as Echiophis intertinctus (Richardson 1848). Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Bermuda and North Carolina (U.S.A.) south to Santa Catarina (Brazil), including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. IUCN (2015): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.