Species that contain: Dalophis and imberbis [ 7 ] records

bimaculata, Dalophis Rafinesque [C. S.] 1810:69, Pl. 7 (fig. 2) [Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della Sicilia; ref. 3594] Sicily, Italy, Mediterranean Sea. Also appeared in Rafinesque 1810:43 [ref. 3595]. •Synonym of Dalophis imberbis (Delaroche 1809) -- (Blache et al. 1973:249 [ref. 7185], Parenti 2019:102 [ref. 37117]). Current status: Synonym of Dalophis imberbis (Delaroche 1809). Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae. Habitat: marine.

flexuosus, Pterurus Rafinesque [C. S.] 1810:43, 59 [Indice d'ittiologia siciliana; ref. 3595] Sicily, Italy, Mediterranean Sea. No types known. •Synonym of Dalophis imberbis (Delaroche 1809) -- (Parenti 2019:115 [ref. 37117]). Current status: Synonym of Dalophis imberbis (Delaroche 1809). Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae. Habitat: marine.

imberbis, Sphagebranchus Delaroche [F. E.] 1809:360 [74], Pl. 25 (fig. 18) [Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris v. 13; ref. 17380] [Iviça] Ibiza, Baleares Islands, Spain, western Mediterranean Sea. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-2127. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1993:112 [ref. 20810]. On p. 74 and Pl. 6 of separate. •Valid as Dalophis imberbis (Delaroche 1809) -- (McCosker 1977:72 [ref. 6836], Blache et al. 1973:249 [ref. 7185], Bauchot in Whitehead et al. 1986:580 [ref. 13676], Bauchot et al. 1993:112 [ref. 20810], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:32 [ref. 26753], Golani 2005:17 [ref. 37112], Fricke et al. 2007:24 [ref. 29533], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:18 [ref. 36649] as Dalophys imberbis, Carneiro et al. 2019:64 [ref. 37250], Elbaraasi et al. 2019:92 [ref. 36864], Bariche & Fricke 2020:35 [ref. 37515], Iglésias et al. 2020:289 [ref. 37987], Kovačić et al. 2020:12 [ref. 37519], Capapé et al. 2021:103 [ref. 38524], Golani 2021:15 [ref. 38303], Kovačić et al. 2021:20 [ref. 39014]). Current status: Valid as Dalophis imberbis (Delaroche 1809). Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae. Distribution: Mediterranean Sea; eastern Atlantic: Spain and Portugal south to Mauritania, including Madeira. Habitat: marine.

kefersteini, Leptocephalus Kaup [J. J.] 1860:270, Pl. 3 (fig. A) [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 3) v. 6 (no. 34) (art. 36); ref. 2582] Messina, Sicily, Italy, Mediterranean Sea. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1860.9.31.3. •Synonym of Echelus myrus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Blache et al. 1973:245 [ref. 7185] in part). •Synonym of Dalophis imberbis (Delaroche 1809) -- (Blache et al. 1973:249 [ref. 7185] in part). Current status: Synonym of Dalophis imberbis (Delaroche 1809). Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae. Habitat: marine.

oculatus, Sphagebranchus Risso [A.] 1827:197 [Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe méridionale v. 3; ref. 3757] Nice, France, northwestern Mediterranean Sea. Holotype (unique): MNHN B-0848 (dry). Type catalog: Bertin 1945:375 [ref. 21554], Bauchot et al. 1993:112 [ref. 20810]. •Synonym of Dalophis imberbis (Delaroche 1809) -- (Blache et al. 1973:249 [ref. 7185], Bauchot et al. 1993:112 [ref. 20810]). Current status: Synonym of Dalophis imberbis (Delaroche 1809). Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae. Habitat: marine.

serpa, Dalophis Rafinesque [C. S.] 1810:69, Pl. 7 (fig. 3) [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 1810:43 [ref. 3595]. •Synonym of Dalophis imberbis (Delaroche 1809) -- (Parenti 2019:109 [ref. 37117]). Current status: Synonym of Dalophis imberbis (Delaroche 1809). Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae. Habitat: marine.

spallanzani, Leptocephalus Risso [A.] 1810:85 [Ichthyologie de Nice; ref. 3755] Nice, France, northwestern Mediterranean Sea. Syntypes: MNHN B-0847 (1). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1993:115 [ref. 20810]. •Synonym of Dalophis imberbis (Delaroche 1809) -- (Blache et al. 1973:249 [ref. 7185]). •Synonym of Conger conger (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Blache et al. 1973:240 [ref. 7185], Smith 1990:159 [ref. 13454]). Current status: Synonym of Conger conger (Linnaeus 1758). Congridae: Congrinae. Habitat: marine.