Genera that contain: Ophichthus [ 26 ] records

Acanthenchelys Norman [J. R.] 1922:296 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 9) v. 10 (no. 57); ref. 3211] Fem. Acanthenchelys spinicauda Norman 1922. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Jordan 1923:133 [ref. 2421] with author of type wrongly as Regan. •Synonym of Ophichthus Thunberg 1787 -- (Kottelat 2013:46 [ref. 32989]). •Synonym of Ophichthus Ahl 1789 -- (Blache et al. 1973:247 [ref. 7185], McCosker 1977:80 [ref. 6836], McCosker et al. 1989:379 [ref. 13288], McCosker 1999:574 [ref. 23699]). Current status: Synonym of Ophichthus Ahl 1789. Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae.

Antobrantia Pinto [S. Y.] 1970:13 [Atas da Sociedade de biologia do Rio de Janeiro v. 14 (no. 1-2); ref. 3482] Fem. Antobrantia ribeiroi Pinto 1970. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Ophichthus Thunberg 1789 -- (Kottelat 2013:46 [ref. 32989]). •Synonym of Ophichthus Ahl 1789 -- (McCosker 1977:80 [ref. 6836], Böhlke & Menezes 1977:786 [ref. 5524], McCosker et al. 1989:379 [ref. 13288], McCosker 1999:575 [ref. 23699]). Current status: Synonym of Ophichthus Ahl 1789. Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae.

Centrurophis Kaup [J. J.] 1856:42 [Archiv für Naturgeschichte v. 22 (pt. 1); ref. 2572] Masc. Ophisurus cephalozona Bleeker 1856. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated as spadiu by Jordan & Evermann 1896:381 [ref. 2443]. Also appeared in Kaup 1857:2 [ref. 2573] and as name only in Kaup in Duméril 1856 [ref. 1154]. Type species spadicus was misdentified; name dermined by Kottelat (2013) as cephalozona on Art. 70.3.2. •Synonym of Ophichthus Thunberg 1789 -- (Kottelat 2013:45 [ref. 32989]). •Synonym of Ophichthus Ahl 1789, but a valid subgenus Centrurophis -- (McCosker 1977:79, 81 [ref. 6836]). •Synonym of Ophichthus Ahl 1789 -- (Blache et al. 1973:247 [ref. 7185], McCosker et al. 1989:379 [ref. 13288], McCosker 1999:574 [ref. 23699]). Current status: Synonym of Ophichthus Ahl 1789. Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae.

Coecilophis Kaup [J. J.] 1856:44 [Archiv für Naturgeschichte v. 22 (pt. 1); ref. 2572] Masc. Ophisurus compar Richardson 1848. Type by monotypy. Also appeared in Kaup 1857:6 [ref. 2573] and in Kaup in Duméril 1856:198 [ref. 1154]. •Synonym of Ophichthus Thunberg 1789 -- (Kottelat 2013:45 [ref. 32989]). •Synonym of Ophichthus Ahl 1789 -- (Blache et al. 1973:247 [ref. 7185], McCosker et al. 1989:379 [ref. 13288], McCosker 1999:574 [ref. 23699]). •Synonym of Ophichthus Ahl 1789, but a valid subgenus Coecilophis -- (McCosker 1977:80, 81 [ref. 6836], McCosker 2010:2 [ref. 30840], McCosker et al. 2012:6 [ref. 31982]). Current status: Synonym of Ophichthus Ahl 1789. Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae.

Cogrus Rafinesque [C. S.] 1810:62 [Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della Sicilia; ref. 3594] Fem. Cogrus maculatus Rafinesque 1810. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Ophichthus Thunberg 1789 -- (Kottelat 2013:45 [ref. 32989]). •Synonym of Ophichthus Ahl 1789 -- (Blache et al. 1973:247 [ref. 7185], McCosker 1977:79 [ref. 6836], McCosker et al. 1989:379 [ref. 13288], McCosker 1999:574 [ref. 23699]). Current status: Synonym of Ophichthus Ahl 1789. Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae.

Cryptopterenchelys (subgenus of Ophichthus) Fowler [H. W.] 1925:1 [American Museum Novitates No. 162; ref. 1401] Fem. Cryptopterus puncticeps Kaup 1859. Type by being a replacement name. Apparently an unneeded replacement for Cryptopterus Kaup 1860; apparently not preoccupied by Cryptopterus Bleeker 1860 [relative dates in 1860 not researched], an emendation of Kryptopterus Bleeker 1858. •Synonym of Ophichthus Thunberg 1789 -- (Kottelat 2013:46 [ref. 32989]). •Synonym of Ophichthus Ahl 1789 -- (Blache et al. 1973:247 [ref. 7185], McCosker 1977:80 [ref. 6836], McCosker et al. 1989:379 [ref. 13288], McCosker 1999:574 [ref. 23699]). Current status: Synonym of Ophichthus Ahl 1789. Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae.

Cryptopterus Kaup [J. J.] 1859:11 [Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiete der Naturwissenschaften herausgegeben von dem Naturwissenschaftlichen Verein in Hamburg v. 4 (no. 2); ref. 2586] Masc. Cryptopterus puncticeps Kaup 1859. Type by monotypy. See also Cryptopterus Bleeker 1860, perhaps an unjustified emendation of Kryptopterus Bleeker 1857; Cryptopterus Günther 1864 definitely is an unjustified emendation but is later than Cryptopterus Kaup. •Synonym of Ophichthus Thunberg 1789 -- (Kottelat 2013:45 [ref. 32989]). •Synonym of Ophichthus Ahl 1789 -- (Blache et al. 1973:247 [ref. 7185], McCosker 1977:80 [ref. 6836], McCosker et al. 1989:379 [ref. 13288], McCosker 1999:574 [ref. 23699]). Current status: Synonym of Ophichthus Ahl 1789. Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae.

Cyclophichthys (subgenus of Malvoliophis) Whitley [G. P.] 1951:392 [Records of the Australian Museum v. 22 (no. 4); ref. 4715] Masc. Ophichthus cyclorhinus Fraser-Brunner 1934. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Elapsopis Kaup 1856 -- (McCosker 1977:77 [ref. 6836]). •Synonym of Leiuranus Bleeker 1852 based on placement of the type species. Current status: Synonym of Leiuranus Bleeker 1852. Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae.

Giscenchelys (subgenus of Ophichthus) Fowler [H. W.] 1944:188 [Monographs of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia No. 6; ref. 1448] Fem. Ophichthys zophochir Jordan & Gilbert 1882. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Spelled Giscenchelys in main heading; as Gisenchelys on p. 60 and in index; first reviser not researched. Based on the derivation given by Fowler, Giscenchelys is probably correct. •Synonym of Ophichthus Thunberg 1789 -- (Kottelat 2013:46 [ref. 32989]). •Synonym of Ophichthus Ahl 1789 [as Gisenchelys] -- (McCosker 1977:80 [ref. 6836], McCosker et al. 1989:379 [ref. 13288], McCosker 1999:575 [ref. 23699]). Current status: Synonym of Ophichthus Ahl 1789. Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae.

Herpetoichthys Kaup [J. J.] 1856:44 [Archiv für Naturgeschichte v. 22 (pt. 1); ref. 2572] Masc. Herpetoichthys ornatissimus Kaup 1856. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Jordan & Evermann 1896:381 [ref. 2443]. Also appeared in Kaup 1857:7 [ref. 2573] and as name only in Kaup in Duméril 1856:199 [ref. 1154]. •Synonym of Ophichthus Thunberg 1789 -- (Kottelat 2013:45 [ref. 32989]). •Synonym of Ophichthus Ahl 1789 -- (Blache et al. 1973:247 [ref. 7185], McCosker 1977:80 [ref. 6836]). •Valid as Herpetoichthys Kaup 1856 -- (McCosker et al. 1989:364 [ref. 13288], Brown et al. 2019:157 [ref. 36444]). Current status: Valid as Herpetoichthys Kaup 1856. Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae.

Leptorhinophis Kaup [J. J.] 1856:46 [Archiv für Naturgeschichte v. 22 (pt. 1); ref. 2572] Masc. Ophisurus gomesii Castelnau 1855. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Jordan & Evermann 1896:381 [ref. 2443]. Also appeared in Kaup 1857:14 [ref. 2573]. •Synonym of Ophichthus Thunberg 1789 -- (Kottelat 2013:45 [ref. 32989]). •Synonym of Ophichthus Ahl 1789 -- (Blache et al. 1973:247 [ref. 7185], McCosker 1977:80 [ref. 6836], McCosker et al. 1989:379 [ref. 13288], McCosker 1999:574 [ref. 23699]). Current status: Synonym of Ophichthus Ahl 1789. Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae.

Microdonophis Kaup [J. J.] 1856:43 [Archiv für Naturgeschichte v. 22 (pt. 1); ref. 2572] Masc. Microdonophis altipennis Kaup 1856. Type by monotypy. Also appeared in Kaup 1857:6 [ref. 2573] and as name only in Kaup in Duméril 1856:198 [ref. 1154]. •Synonym of Ophichthus Thunberg 1789 -- (Kottelat 2013:45 [ref. 32989]). •Synonym of Ophichthus Ahl 1789 -- (Blache et al. 1973:247 [ref. 7185], McCosker et al. 1989:379 [ref. 13288], McCosker 1999:574 [ref. 23699]). •Synonym of Ophichthus Ahl 1789, but a valid subgenus Microdonophis -- (McCosker 1977:80, 81 [ref. 6836]). Current status: Synonym of Ophichthus Ahl 1789. Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae.

Omochelys (subgenus of Pisodonophis) Fowler [H. W.] 1918:3 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 70; ref. 1396] Fem. Pisoodonophis cruentifer Goode & Bean 1896. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Ophichthus Thunberg 1789 -- (Kottelat 2013:45 [ref. 32989]). •Synonym of Pisodonophis Kaup 1856 -- (Blache et al. 1973:250 [ref. 7185], McCosker 1977:80 [ref. 6836], Castle 1984:38 [ref. 6171]). •Synonym of Ophichthus Ahl 1789 -- (McCosker et al. 1989:379 [ref. 13288], McCosker 1999:574 [ref. 23699]). •See McCosker 2005:673 [ref. 28646]. Current status: Synonym of Ophichthus Ahl 1789. Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae.

Ophichthus Ahl [J. N.] 1789:5 [Specimen ichthyologicum de Muraena et Ophichtho; ref. 80] Masc. Muraena ophis Linnaeus 1758. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Bleeker 1864:43 [ref. 4860] with spelling Ophichthys; Ophichthys Swainson 1839 apparently independently described as indicated by Bleeker 1864:43. •Valid as Ophichthus Thunberg 1789 -- (Kottelat 2013:45 [ref. 32989] and see discussion on p. 46 [but Ahl was an eel expert and we doubt if Thunberg wrote this section]). •Valid as Ophichthus Ahl 1789 -- (Blache et al. 1973:247 [ref. 7185], McCosker 1977:79 [ref. 6836], Karrer 1982:73 [ref. 5679], Asano in Masuda et al. 1984:31 [ref. 6441], McCosker & Castle 1986:182 [ref. 5690], Asano 1987 [ref. 6705], Paxton et al. 1989:119 [ref. 12442], McCosker et al. 1989:379 [ref. 13288], Kuang in Pan et al. 1991:61 [ref. 23876] as Ophichthys, McCosker & Rosenblatt 1998:398 [ref. 23645], McCosker 1999:574 [ref. 23699], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:100 [ref. 24550], Smith & McCosker 1999:1667 [ref. 24715], McCosker 2003:733 [ref. 26993], McCosker et al. 2006:271 [ref. 29006], Fricke et al. 2009:19 [ref. 30213], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:18 [ref. 36649], McCosker 2010:2 [ref. 30840], Zhang et al. 2010:329 [ref. 31511], McCosker et al. 2012:6 [ref. 31982], McCosker & Ho 2015:71 [ref. 34123], Motomura et al. 2017:33 [ref. 35490], Robertson et al. 2017:34 [ref. 35676], Fricke et al. 2018:45 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:28 [ref. 36273], Mohapatra et al. 2018:251 [ref. 36093], McCosker & Psomadakis 2018:71 [ref. 36333], Fricke et al. 2019:53 [ref. 36673], Hibino et al. 2019:289 [ref. 36433], Sumod et al. 2019:112 [ref. 37023], Hibino et al. 2019:140 [ref. 37155], Vo et al. 2019:1 [ref. 37206], Mohapatra et al. 2020:283 [ref. 37277], McCosker et al. 2020:31 [ref. 37376], Das et al. 2020:291 [ref. 38016], Vo & Ho 2021:71 [ref. 38193], Ho et al. 2022:312 [ref. 39289], Kodeeswaran et al. 2023:1 [ref. 40457], Kodeeswaran et al. 2023:1 [ref. 40641], Vo et al. 2024:56 [ref. 40938]). Current status: Valid as Ophichthus Ahl 1789. Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae.

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.

Ophis Turton [W.] 1807:82, 87 [British fauna, containing a compendium of the zoology of the British Islands v. 1; ref. 12590] Masc. Ophis maculata Turton 1807. Type by monotypy. Original not examined. Species apparently in reference to Muraena meleagis of Shaw. •Synonym of Ophichthus Thunberg 1789 -- (Kottelat 2013:45 [ref. 32989]). •Synonym of Ophichthus Ahl 1789 -- (Blache et al. 1973:247 [ref. 7185], McCosker 1977:79 [ref. 6836], McCosker et al. 1989:379 [ref. 13288], McCosker 1999:574 [ref. 23699]). Current status: Synonym of Ophichthus Ahl 1789. Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae.

Ophithorax McClelland [J.] 1844:212 [Calcutta Journal of Natural History v. 5 (no. 18); ref. 2928] Masc. Ophisurus ophis Lacepède 1800 (= Muraena maculosa Cuvier 1816). Type by subsequent designation. Earliest type designation found that of Jordan 1919:220 [ref. 2410]. •Synonym of Ophichthus Thunberg 1789 -- (Kottelat 2013:45 [ref. 32989]). •Synonym of Ophichthus Ahl 1789 -- (McCosker 1977:79 [ref. 6836], McCosker et al. 1989:379 [ref. 13288], McCosker 1999:574 [ref. 23699]). Current status: Synonym of Ophichthus Ahl 1789. Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae.

Oxyodontichthys Poey [F.] 1880:254 [Anales de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural, Madrid v. 9 (for 7 July 1880); ref. 6524] Masc. Ophichthys macrurus Poey 1867. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Jordan & Evermann 1896:381 [ref. 2442]. •Synonym of Ophichthus Thunberg 1789 -- (Kottelat 2013:45 [ref. 32989]). •Synonym of Ophichthus Ahl 1789 -- (Blache et al. 1973:247 [ref. 7185], McCosker 1977:80 [ref. 6836] as Oxydontichthys, McCosker et al. 1989:379 [ref. 13288], McCosker 1999:574 [ref. 23699]). Current status: Synonym of Ophichthus Ahl 1789. Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae.

Paramyrus Günther [A.] 1870:51 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 8; ref. 1995] Masc. Conger cylindroideus Ranzani 1839. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Jordan & Davis 1891:641 [ref. 2437]. •Synonym of Ophichthus Thunberg 1789 -- (Kottelat 2013:45 [ref. 32989]). •Synonym of Myrophis Lütken 1852 -- (McCosker 1977:59 [ref. 6836]). •Synonym of Ophichthus Ahl 1789 -- (McCosker et al. 1989:379 [ref. 13288], McCosker 1999:574 [ref. 23699]). Current status: Synonym of Ophichthus Ahl 1789. Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae.

Poecilocephalus Kaup [J. J.] 1856:43 [Archiv für Naturgeschichte v. 22 (pt. 1); ref. 2572] Masc. Poecilocephalus bonaparti Kaup 1856. Type by monotypy. Also appeared in Kaup 1857:5 [ref. 2573] and as name only in Kaup in Duméril 1856:198 [ref. 1154]. •Synonym of Ophichthus Thunberg 1789 -- (Kottelat 2013:45 [ref. 32989]). •Synonym of Ophichthus Ahl 1789 -- (Blache et al. 1973:247 [ref. 7185], McCosker 1977:79 [ref. 6836], McCosker et al. 1989:379 [ref. 13288], McCosker 1999:574 [ref. 23699]). Current status: Synonym of Ophichthus Ahl 1789. Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae.

Quassiremus Jordan [D. S.] & Davis [B. M.] 1891:622 [United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, Report of the Commissioner v. 16 (for 1888) (art. 9); ref. 2437] Masc. Ophichthus evionthas Jordan & Bollman 1890. Type by original designation. •Valid as Quassiremus Jordan & Davis 1891 -- (McCosker 1977:83 [ref. 6836], McCosker et al. 1989:409 [ref. 13288], Castle 1996:108 [ref. 22122], McCosker 2003:733 [ref. 26993], McCosker & Stewart 2015:255 [ref. 34235]). Current status: Valid as Quassiremus Jordan & Davis 1891. Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae.

Scytalophis Kaup [J. J.] 1856:46 [Archiv für Naturgeschichte v. 22 (pt. 1); ref. 2572] Masc. Scytalophis magnioculis Kaup 1856. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Jordan & Evermann 1896:381 [ref. 2443]. Also appeared in Kaup 1857:13 [ref. 2573] and as name only in Kaup in Duméril 1856:199 [ref. 1154]. •Synonym of Ophichthus Thunberg 1789 -- (Kottelat 2013:45 [ref. 32989]). •Synonym of Ophichthus Ahl 1789 -- (Blache et al. 1973:247 [ref. 7185], McCosker 1977:80 [ref. 6836], McCosker et al. 1989:379 [ref. 13288], McCosker 1999:574 [ref. 23699]). Current status: Synonym of Ophichthus Ahl 1789. Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae.

Syletophis Whitley [G. P.] 1950:44 [Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales v. for 1948-49; ref. 4713] Masc. Pisoodonophis cruentifer Goode & Bean 1896. Type by being a replacement name. Replacement for Syletor Jordan 1919, preoccupied by Syletor Tschitscherin 1899 in Coleoptera. •Synonym of Ophichthus Thunberg 1789 -- (Kottelat 2013:46 [ref. 32989]). •Synonym of Ophichthus Ahl 1789 -- (McCosker 1977:80 [ref. 6836], McCosker et al. 1989:379 [ref. 13288], McCosker 1999:575 [ref. 23699]). Current status: Synonym of Ophichthus Ahl 1789. Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae.

Syletor Jordan [D. S.] 1919:343 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 70 (for 1918); ref. 2413] Masc. Pisoodonophis cruentifer Goode & Bean 1896. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Syletor Tschitscherin 1899 in Coleoptera, replaced by Syletophis Whitley 1950. As Styletor in Jordan et al. 1930:86 [ref. 6476]. •Synonym of Ophichthus Thunberg 1789 -- (Kottelat 2013:45 [ref. 32989]). •Objective synonym of Omochelys Fowler 1918. •Synonym of Ophichthus Ahl 1789 -- (McCosker 1977:80 [ref. 6836], McCosker et al. 1989:379 [ref. 13288], McCosker 1999:574 [ref. 23699]). •In the synonymy of Pisodonophis Kaup 1856 -- (Blache et al. 1973:250 [ref. 7185], Castle 1984:38 [ref. 6171]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Ophichthus Ahl 1789. Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae.

Uranichthys Poey [F.] 1867:256 [v. 2; ref. 3503] Masc. Muraena hauannensis Bloch & Schneider 1801. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Jordan & Davis 1891:624 [ref. 2437] if accepted, else by Jordan 1919:347 [ref. 4904]. Species spelled hauannensis by Bloch & Schneider; perhaps havannensis was intended; as hauanensis in index. •Synonym of Ophichthus Thunberg 1789 -- (Kottelat 2013:45 [ref. 32989]). •Synonym of Ophichthus Ahl 1789 -- (Blache et al. 1973:247 [ref. 7185], McCosker 1977:80 [ref. 6836], McCosker et al. 1989:379 [ref. 13288], McCosker 1999:574 [ref. 23699]). Current status: Synonym of Ophichthus Ahl 1789. Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae.

Zonophichthus Whitley [G. P.] 1930:250 [Australian Zoologist v. 6 (pt 3); ref. 4670] Masc. Ophichthys cephalozona Bleeker 1864. Type by original designation. Objective junior synonym of Centrurophis Kaup 1756. •Synonym of Ophichthus Thunberg 1789 -- (Kottelat 2013:46 [ref. 32989]). •Synonym of Ophichthus Ahl 1789 -- (Blache et al. 1973:247 [ref. 7185], McCosker 1977:80 [ref. 6836], McCosker et al. 1989:379 [ref. 13288], McCosker 1999:575 [ref. 23699]). Current status: Synonym of Ophichthus Ahl 1789. Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae.