Species that contain: Ophichthus and triserialis [ 6 ] records

algoensis, Ophichthys Barnard [K. H.] 1925:498 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 9) v. 15 (no. 86) (art. 56); ref. 12730] Algoa Bay, South Africa, southwestern Indian Ocean, depth 55 fathoms. Holotype (unique): SAM 12776. Replacement name for Ophichthys triserialis Barnard 1923, secondarily preoccupied by Muraenopsis triserialis Kaup 1856. •Synonym of Ophichthus unicolor Regan 1908 -- (McCosker & Castle 1986:183 [ref. 5690], McCosker 1999:583 [ref. 23699]). Replacement Name. Current status: Synonym of Ophichthus unicolor Regan 1908. Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae. Habitat: marine.

californiensis, Ophisurus Garrett [A.] 1863:66 [Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 1) v. 3; ref. 13928] Margarita Bay, Baja California. Holotype (unique): destroyed in fire in 1906. •Synonym of Ophichthus triserialis (Kaup 1857) -- (McCosker & Rosenblatt 1998:418 [ref. 23645]). Current status: Synonym of Ophichthus triserialis (Kaup 1857). Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae. Habitat: marine.

grandimaculata, Ophichthys Kner [R.] & Steindachner [F.] 1867:389 [34], Pl. 5 (fig. 13) [Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 54 (pt 3); ref. 2640] Coast of Peru. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1866.12.27.9 [ex MGH 2182]. On p. 34 of separate. •Valid as Ophichthus grandimaculatus Kner & Steindachner 1867 -- (Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:121 [ref. 24555]). •Synonym of Ophichthus triserialis (Kaup 1857) -- (McCosker & Rosenblatt 1998:418 [ref. 23645]). Current status: Synonym of Ophichthus triserialis (Kaup 1857). Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae. Habitat: marine.

rugifer, Ophichthus Jordan [D. S.] & Bollman [C. H.] 1890:155 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 12 (no. 770); ref. 2433] Santa María Island [Charles Island], Galápagos Islands. Holotype (unique): USNM 41428. Type catalog: Smith 1994:34 [ref. 21917]. •Synonym of Ophichthus triserialis (Kaup 1856) -- (authors). •Valid as Ophichthus rugifer Jordan & Bollman 1890 -- (McCosker & Rosenblatt 1998:415 [ref. 23645], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:188 [ref. 30957], McCosker et al. 2012:11 [ref. 31982], Sánchez-Jiménez et al. 2018:6 [ref. 36248], Grove et al. 2022:16 [ref. 41326]). Current status: Valid as Ophichthus rugifer Jordan & Bollman 1890. Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Cocos Island (Costa Rica) and Galapagos Islands (Ecuador). Habitat: marine.

triserialis, Muraenopsis Kaup [J. J.] 1857:12 [Catalogue of the apodal fish in the collection of the British Museum; ref. 2573] Pacific. Holotype (unique): BMNH 2024.5.17.1. •Valid as Ophichthys triserialis (Kaup 1857) -- (Bussing & López S. 1994:42 [ref. 23101]). •Valid as Ophichthus triserialis (Kaup 1857) -- (McCosker 1977:81 [ref. 6836], Eschmeyer & Herald 1983:65 [ref. 9277], McCosker & Rosenblatt in Fischer et al. 1995:1338 [ref. 22830], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:166 [ref. 24023], McCosker & Rosenblatt 1998:413 [ref. 23645], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:121 [ref. 24555], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:101 [ref. 24550], Nelson et al. 2004:63 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:20 [ref. 37547], McCosker et al. 2012:11 [ref. 31982], Page et al. 2013:63 [ref. 32708], Galván-Villa et al. 2016:144 [ref. 34871], Kells et al. 2016:90 [ref. 35888], Burton & Lea 2019:35 [ref. 37205], Love et al. 2021:36 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:55 [ref. 40505], Fricke et al. 2024:126 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Valid as Ophichthus triserialis (Kaup 1857). Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: northern California (U.S.A.) south to Peru, including Gulf of California (Mexico) and Galápagos Islands (Ecuador). Confused with Ophichthus unicolor Regan 1908 (Siccha-Ramirez et al. 2023:104 [ref. 40816]). Habitat: marine.

triserialis, Ophichthys Barnard [K. H.] 1923:444 [Annals of the South African Museum v. 13 (pt 8, no. 14); ref. 191] Algoa Bay, South Africa, southwestern Indian Ocean, depth 55 fathoms [101 meters]. Holotype (unique): SAM 12776. Subjectively invalid; secondarily preoccupied in Ophichthus by Mureanopsis triserialis Kaup 1856; replaced by Ophichthys algoensis Barnard 1925. •Objective synonym of Ophichthus algoensis Barnard 1925 [= Synonym of Ophichthus unicolor Regan 1908]. 2°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Ophichthus unicolor Regan 1908. Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae. Habitat: marine.