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Species in the genus Ophisurus: [ 10 ] records

acutirostris, Muraena Gronow [L. T.] in Gray 1854:19 [Catalogue of fish collected and described by Laurence Theodore Gronow; ref. 1911] America. No types known. •Synonym of Ophisurus serpens (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Blache et al. 1973:250 [ref. 7185], Leiby 1990:191 [ref. 13652]). Current status: Synonym of Ophisurus serpens (Linnaeus 1758). Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

capensis, Leptorhynchus Smith [A.] 1840:unnumbered page, Pl. 6 [Illustrations of the zoology of South Africa v. 4; ref. 4035] Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. No types known. •Synonym of Ophisurus serpens (Linnaeus 1758) -- (McCosker 1977:82 [ref. 6836], McCosker & Castle 1986:184 [ref. 5690]). Current status: Synonym of Ophisurus serpens (Linnaeus 1758). Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

macrorhynchos, Ophisurus Bleeker [P.] 1852:28 [Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. v. 25 (art. 5); ref. 339] Near Kaminoseki Island, Japan. Holotype (unique): ?BMNH 1867.11.28.230. •Valid as Ophisurus macrorhynchus [sic, correct is macrorhynchos] Bleeker 1852-- (McCosker 1977:82 [ref. 6836], Asano in Masuda et al. 1984:32 [ref. 6441], Machida in Okamura & Kitajima 1984:105, 324 [ref. 8057], Nakabo 2000:220 [ref. 25086], Nakabo 2002:220 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:143, 492 [ref. 26218], Tang & Zhang 2004:21 [ref. 27889], Shinohara et al. 2005:400 [ref. 28370], Zhang et al. 2010:356 [ref. 31511] as macrorhynchus, Shinohara et al. 2011:39 [ref. 31715] as macrirhynchus, Shinohara et al. 2014:236 [ref. 33330], as macrirhynchus, Ho et al. 2015:174 [ref. 34130], Kim et al. 2020:55 [ref. 39118], Sonoyama et al. 2020:18 [ref. 37637], Ji et al. 2021:241 [ref. 39406], Ramos-Castro et al. 2021:524 [ref. 38842]). Current status: Valid as Ophisurus macrorhynchos Bleeker 1852. Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: China and Taiwan to Korea and Japan. Habitat: marine.

major, Dalophis Rafinesque [C. S.] 1810:68 [Indice d'ittiologia siciliana; ref. 3595] Sicily, Italy, Mediterranean Sea. No types known. •Questionable synonym of Ophisurus serpens (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Parenti 2019:109 [ref. 37117]). Current status: Uncertain as Ophisurus serpens (Linnaeus 1758). Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae. Habitat: marine.

marinus, Muraena serpens Forsskål [P. S.] in Niebuhr (ex Anonymous) 1775:xix [Descriptiones animalium (Forsskål); ref. 1351] Melitta [La Valetta, Malta, Mediterranean Sea]. No types known. Not available, name only. •In the synonymy of Ophisurus serpens (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Fricke 2008:15 [ref. 30182]). Nomen Nudum. Current status: Synonym of Ophisurus serpens (Linnaeus 1758). Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae.

microphtalmus, Echelus Rafinesque [C. S.] 1810:64 [Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della Sicilia; ref. 3594] Sicily, Italy, Mediterranean Sea. No types known. Also appeared in Rafinesque 1810:42 [ref. 3595], spelled microphthalmus. •Synonym of Ophisurus serpens (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Parenti 2019:110 [ref. 37117]). Current status: Synonym of Ophisurus serpens (Linnaeus 1758). Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae. Habitat: marine.

novaezelandiae, Ophisurus Hector [J.] 1870:34, Pl. 8 [Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute v. 2 (art. 7) (for 1869); ref. 18264] New Zealand. Originally as Novae Zelandiae, correction mandatory. •Synonym of Ophisurus serpens (Linnaeus 1758) -- (McCosker 1977:82 [ref. 6836]). Current status: Synonym of Ophisurus serpens (Linnaeus 1758). Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

oxyrhynchus, Leptognathus Swainson [W.] 1838:221, Fig. 42 [The natural history and classification of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals. v. 1; ref. 4302] Sicily, Italy, Mediterranean Sea. Spelled oxyrynchus in 1839:396 [ref. 4303]. •Synonym of Ophisurus serpens (Linnaeus 1758) -- (McCosker 1977:82 [ref. 6836]). Current status: Synonym of Ophisurus serpens (Linnaeus 1758). Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

oxyrinchus, Echelus Rafinesque [C. S.] 1810:64, Pl. 17 (fig. 4) [Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della Sicilia; ref. 3594] Sicily, Italy, Mediterranean Sea. •Synonym of Ophisurus serpens (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Blache et al. 1973:250 [ref. 7185], Leiby 1990:191 [ref. 13652], Parenti 2019:102 [ref. 37117]). Current status: Synonym of Ophisurus serpens (Linnaeus 1758). Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

serpens, Muraena Linnaeus [C.] 1758:244 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] Mediterranean Sea, northeastern Atlantic; localities including Norway; southern France; Rome, Italy; Lesbos Island, Greece. No types known. Lectotype or neotype fixation needed: the type locality should be restricted to Mediterranean Sea according to current usage. Originally based on multiple species and at least 13 pre-Linnaean sources including Artedi 1738:24 [ref. 30578] and Artedi 1738:41 [ref. 30349] as Muraena exacte teres, cauda acuta apterygia; Rondelet 1554:409 [ref. 30354] as Serpens marinus, Salviani 1558:58, Pl. (p. 57) [ref. 30229] as Serpen(s) marin(us), Charleton 1668:125 [ref. 30580] as Serpens marinus, Willughby 1686:107 [ref. 30164] and Ray 1713:36 [ref. 30231] as Serpens marinus. Also appeared in Linnaeus 1766:425 [ref. 2786]. •Valid as Ophisurus serpens (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Blache et al. 1973:250 [ref. 7185], McCosker 1977:82 [ref. 6836], Bauchot in Whitehead et al. 1986:583 [ref. 13676], McCosker & Castle 1986:184 [ref. 5690], Paxton et al. 1989:120 [ref. 12442], Paulin et al. 1989:73 [ref. 24556], Winterbottom et al. 1989:12 [ref. 13251], Leiby 1990:190 [ref. 13652], Kuiter 1993:27 [ref. 23929], Bianchi & Carpenter in Bianchi et al. 1993:136 [ref. 25472], Gomon et al. 1994:202 [ref. 22532], Kuiter 1997:26 [ref. 25488], Smith & McCosker 1999:1669 [ref. 24715], Johnson 1999:721 [ref. 25471], Hutchins 2001:17 [ref. 25847], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:32 [ref. 26753], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S95 [ref. 27377], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:106 [ref. 28072], McCosker et al. 2006:272 [ref. 29006], Fricke et al. 2007:24 [ref. 29533], Smith & McCosker 2008:167 [ref. 30622], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:18 [ref. 36649], Bañón et al. 2011:157 [ref. 31596], Wirtz et al. 2013:118 [ref. 32972], McCosker & Stewart 2015:254 [ref. 34235], McCosker 2016:1666 [ref. 34558], Kousteni & Christidis 2018:2 [ref. 36672], Carneiro et al. 2019:64 [ref. 37250], Elbaraasi et al. 2019:92 [ref. 36864], Hoschke et al. 2019:153 [ref. 36626], Reiner 2019:72 [ref. 38139], Bariche & Fricke 2020:36 [ref. 37515], Kovačić et al. 2020:12 [ref. 37519], Tuncer et al. 2020:158 [ref. 37745], Bañón & Maño 2021:50 [ref. 38883], Golani 2021:15 [ref. 38303], Kovačić et al. 2021:21 [ref. 39014], Fermon et al. 2022:118 [ref. 39448], McCosker 2022:126 [ref. 39686]). Current status: Valid as Ophisurus serpens (Linnaeus 1758). Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae. Distribution: Widespread in tropical and warm temperate oceans (but not eastern Pacific or western Atlantic); eastern Atlantic from Spain south to South Africa, including Azores, Madeira, Canary Islands, and São Tomé and Principe; Mediterranean Sea; western Indian Ocean: South Africa north to Mozambique, east to Comoros. Habitat: brackish, marine.