Species that contain: Bascanichthys and longipinnis [ 2 ] records

longipinnis, Sphagebranchus Kner [R.] & Steindachner [F.] 1867:390 [35], Pl. 5 (fig. 14) [Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 54 (pt 3); ref. 2640] Samoa. Syntypes: BMNH 1866.12.27.10 (1) no locality [ex MGH 2088]. On p. 35 of separate. •Valid as Sphagebranchus longipinnis Kner & Steindachner 1867 -- (McCosker 1977:71 [ref. 6836], Kuang & Yu in Kuang et al. 1986:35 [ref. 26639], Kuang in Pan et al. 1991:63 [ref. 23876]). •Valid as Bascanichthys longipinnis (Kner & Steindachner 1867) -- (Smith & McCosker 1999:1668 [ref. 24715], Zhang et al. 2010:373 [ref. 31511], Kottelat 2013:44 [ref. 32989]). •Valid as Caecula longipinnis (Kner & Steindachner 1867) -- (Tang & Zhang 2004:22 [ref. 27889]). Current status: Valid as Bascanichthys longipinnis (Kner & Steindachner 1867). Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: China; Papua New Guinea. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

tenuis, Leptenchelys Tortonese [E.] 1964:30, Fig. 4 [Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale `Giacomo Doria' v. 75 (for 1964-1965); ref. 9080] New Guinea. Holotype: MSNG 39721A. Paratypes: MSNG 39721B (1). •Probably a synonym of Bascanichthys longipinnis (Kner & Steindachner 1867) -- (McCosker 1977:71 [ref. 6836]). •Synonym of Bascanichthys longipinnis (Kner & Steindachner 1967) -- (Kottelat 2013:44 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Uncertain as Bascanichthys longipinnis (Kner & Steindachner 1867). Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae. Habitat: marine.