Species that contain: Ophichthus and gomesii [ 6 ] records

brachyurus, Ophichthys Poey [F.] 1868:426 [Repertorio Fisico-Natural de la Isla de Cuba v. 2; ref. 3505] Cuba. No types known. •Synonym of Ophichthus gomesii (Castelnau 1855) -- (McCosker et al. 1989:389 [ref. 13288]). Current status: Synonym of Ophichthus gomesii (Castelnau 1855). Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae. Habitat: marine.

chrysops, Ophisurus Poey [F.] 1860:321 [Memorias sobre la historia natural de la Isla de Cuba v. 2; ref. 3499] Cuba. Holotype (unique): MCZ 27212. Type catalog: Howell Rivero 1938:174 [ref. 22926]. •Synonym of Ophichthus gomesii (Castelnau 1855) -- (McCosker et al. 1989:389 [ref. 13288]). Current status: Synonym of Ophichthus gomesii (Castelnau 1855). Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae. Habitat: marine.

gomesii, Ophisurus Castelnau [F. L.] 1855:84, Pl. 44 (fig. 2) [Animaux nouveaux or rares v. 2; ref. 766] Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Holotype (unique): MNHN B-2745. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1993:110 [ref. 20810]. •Valid as Ophichthus gomesii (Castelnau 1855) -- (McCosker 1977:81 [ref. 6836], Robins & Ray 1986:65 [ref. 23100], Scott & Scott 1988:87 [ref. 25518] as gomesi, McCosker et al. 1989:389 [ref. 13288], Leiby in Smith 1989:814 [ref. 13285], McAllister 1990:48 [ref. 14674] as gomesi, Boschung 1992:35 [ref. 23239] as gomesi, Cervigón 1991:59 [ref. 24472], Cervigón 1992:373 [ref. 23827] as gomesi, Andreata & Séret 1996:582 [ref. 16204] as gomesi, McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:274 [ref. 23897], Aguilera 1998:46 [ref. 24221] as gomesi, Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:101 [ref. 24550] as gomesi, Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:140 [ref. 25013], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:149 [ref. 27754], McCosker 2003:733 [ref. 26993], Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:35 [ref. 27192], Moore et al. 2003:174 [ref. 27076], Nelson et al. 2004:63 [ref. 27807], Figueroa & Ehrlich 2006:237 [ref. 29812], Page et al. 2013:63 [ref. 32708], Pinheiro et al. 2015:7 [ref. 34324], Nión et al. 2016:25 [ref. 35565], Raz-Guzmán et al. 2018:344 [ref. 36407], Spier et al. 2018:6 [ref. 36103], Ribeiro et al. 2019:4 [ref. 36717], Rotundo et al. in Marceniuk et al. 2021:113 [ref. 38945], Carvalho-Filho 2023:58 [ref. 40480], Hoff et al. 2023:7 [ref. 40463], Page et al. 2023:54 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Ophichthus gomesii (Castelnau 1855). Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Massachusetts (U.S.A.) south to southern Brazil. Habitat: marine.

limbatus, Oxyodontichthys Poey [F.] 1880:254 [Anales de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural, Madrid v. 9 (for 7 July 1880); ref. 6524] Cuba. Unneeded new name for Ophichthys brachyurus Poey 1868. •Synonym of Ophichthus gomesii (Castelnau 1855) -- (McCosker et al. 1989:389 [ref. 13288]). Current status: Synonym of Ophichthus gomesii (Castelnau 1855). Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae. Habitat: marine.

macrurus, Ophichthys Poey [F.] 1867:256 [Repertorio Fisico-Natural de la Isla de Cuba v. 2; ref. 14079] Cuba. •Synonym of Ophichthus gomesii (Castelnau 1855) -- (McCosker 1977:80 [ref. 6836], McCosker et al. 1989:389 [ref. 13288]). Current status: Synonym of Ophichthus gomesii (Castelnau 1855). Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae. Habitat: marine.

magnioculis, Scytalophis Kaup [J. J.] 1856:46 [Archiv für Naturgeschichte v. 22 (pt. 1); ref. 2572] Brazil [St. Croix Island, Virgin Islands, West Indies in error]. Syntypes: MNHN A-8801 (1), B-2749 (1), B-2762 (1). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1993:112 [ref. 20810]. Ophichthys magnoculus Günther 1870:60 [ref. 1995] is an unjustified emendation. •Valid as Ophichthus magnioculis (Kaup 1856) -- (McCosker 1977:81 [ref. 6836]). •Synonym of Ophichthus gomesii (Castelnau 1855) -- (McCosker et al. 1989:389 [ref. 13288], Bauchot et al. 1993:112 [ref. 20810]). Current status: Synonym of Ophichthus gomesii (Castelnau 1855). Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae. Habitat: marine.