Species that contain: Echiophis and intertinctus [ 3 ] records

caudomaculatus, Leptocephalus Eigenmann [C. H.] & Kennedy [C. H.] 1902:87, Figs. 5, 5a-b [Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission v. 21 (1901); ref. 11071] 20 miles south of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, U.S.A., 34°57'00"N, 75°43'30"W, Albatross station 2597. Syntypes: USNM 49758-59 (2, 2). Type catalog: Smith 1994:30 [ref. 21917]. •Synonym of [young of] Echiophis intertinctus (Richardson 1848) -- (McCosker et al. 1989:359 [ref. 13288], Leiby in Smith 1989:830 [ref. 13285], McCosker & Randall 2001:3 [ref. 25635]). Current status: Synonym of Echiophis intertinctus (Richardson 1848). Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae. Habitat: marine.

creutzbergi, Mystriophis Cadenat [J.] 1956:857, Fig. 1 [Bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire (Sér A) Sciences Naturelles v. 18 (no. 3); ref. 12184] Coastal zone, Freetown, Sierra Leone. Holotype: BMNH 1956.11.26.1 [ex IFAN 54-699]. Paratypes: MNHN B-1634 (1), MNHN 1974-0159 [ex IFAN 55-4912] (1), 1974-0196 [ex IFAN 55-4913] (1). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1993:109 [ref. 20810]. •Synonym of Echiophis intertinctus (Richardson 1848) -- (McCosker 1977:77 [ref. 6836]). •Valid as Echiophis creutzbergi (Cadenat 1956) -- (Leiby 1990:183 [ref. 13652], Reiner 2019:68 [ref. 38139]). •Synonym of Echiophis punctifer (Kaup 1859) -- (McCosker et al. 1989:362 [ref. 13288], Bauchot et al. 1993:109 [ref. 20810], McCosker & Randall 2001:3 [ref. 25635]). Current status: Synonym of Echiophis punctifer (Kaup 1859). Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae. Habitat: marine.

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]). Current status: Valid as Echiophis intertinctus (Richardson 1848). Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: North Carolina (U.S.A.) south to Santa Catarina (Brazil). Habitat: marine.