Genera that contain: Amphipnous [ 2 ] records Amphipnous Müller [J.] 1840:117 [Archiv für Anatomie, Physiologie und Wissenschaftliche Medicin, in Verbindung mit mehreren Gelehrten Herausgebern v. 7 [1840]; ref. 12523] Masc. Unibranchapertura cuchia Hamilton 1822. Type by original designation. Also in Müller 1841:246 [ref. 32989]. •Status uncertain -- (Bailey & Gans 1998:2 [ref. 23296]). •Synonym of Monopterus Lacepède 1800 -- (Rosen & Greenwood 1976:56 [ref. 7094], Daget 1986:291 [ref. 6203], Britz et al. 2011:51 [ref. 31404], Kottelat 2013:308 [ref. 32989]). •Synonym of Ophichthys Swainson 1839 -- (Britz et al. 2020:14 [ref. 37335]). Current status: Synonym of Ophichthys Swainson 1839. Synbranchidae.
Ophichthys Swainson [W.] 1839:196, 336, 445 [The natural history and classification v. 2; ref. 4303] Masc. Ophichthys punctatus Swainson 1839 (= Unibranchapertura cuchia Hamilton 1822). Type by monotypy. As Ophicthys on p. 196 and 441 (index). Swainson's O. punctatus is an unneeded substitute for U. cuchia. Predates Amphipnous Müller 1840 with same type. Ophichthys is also a misspelling of Ophichthus in some early literature. •Synonym of Monopterus Lacepède 1800 -- (Rosen & Greenwood 1976:56 [ref. 7094], Daget 1986:291 [ref. 6203]. Kottelat 2013:308 [ref. 32989]). •Valid as Ophichthys Swainson 1839 -- (Britz et al. 2020:14 [ref. 37335], Britz et al. 2023:1 [ref. 40009]). Current status: Valid as Ophichthys Swainson 1839. Synbranchidae.
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