Genera that contain: Ophichthys [ 10 ] records

Amphipnous Müller [J.] 1840:117 [Archiv für Anatomie, Physiologie und Wissenschaftliche Medicin, in Verbindung mit mehreren Gelehrten Herausgebern v. 7 [1840]; ref. 12523] Masc. Unibranchapertura cuchia Hamilton 1822. Type by original designation. Also in Müller 1841:246 [ref. 32989]. •Status uncertain -- (Bailey & Gans 1998:2 [ref. 23296]). •Synonym of Monopterus Lacepède 1800 -- (Rosen & Greenwood 1976:56 [ref. 7094], Daget 1986:291 [ref. 6203], Britz et al. 2011:51 [ref. 31404], Kottelat 2013:308 [ref. 32989]). •Synonym of Ophichthys Swainson 1839 -- (Britz et al. 2020:14 [ref. 37335]). Current status: Synonym of Ophichthys Swainson 1839. Synbranchidae.

Calamuraena Whitley [G. P.] 1944:261 [Australian Zoologist v. 10 (pt 3); ref. 4705] Fem. Ophichthys calamus Günther 1870. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Cirrhimuraena Kaup 1856 -- (McCosker 1977:75 [ref. 6836], Kottelat 2013:44 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Cirrhimuraena Kaup 1856. 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.

Malvoliophis Whitley [G. P.] 1934:154 [Records of the Australian Museum v. 19 (no. 2); ref. 4681] Masc. Bascanichthys hemizona Ogilby 1897. Type by original designation. Type (hemizona) regarded by Whitley as a possible synonym of Ophichthys pinguis Günther 1872. •Valid as Malvoliophis Whitley 1934 -- (McCosker 1977:78 [ref. 6836], Paxton et al. 1989:117 [ref. 12442], McCosker et al. 1989:300 [ref. 13288], Smith & McCosker 1999:1666 [ref. 24715], McCosker et al. 2006:269 [ref. 29006]). Current status: Valid as Malvoliophis Whitley 1934. 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.

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.

Pantonora Smith [J. L. B.] 1965:(713) 719 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 13) v. 7 (no. 84) (for 1964); ref. 4132] Fem. Ophichthys tenuis Günther 1870. Type by original designation. •Synonym of Yirrkala Whitley 1940 -- (McCosker 1977:69 [ref. 6836], McCosker 1999:583 [ref. 23699], McCosker 2011:46 [ref. 31260], Kottelat 2013:47 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Yirrkala Whitley 1940. Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae.

Scytalichthys (subgenus of Mystriophis) Jordan [D. S.] & Davis [B. M.] 1891:634 [United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, Report of the Commissioner v. 16 (for 1888) (art. 9); ref. 2437] Masc. Ophichthys miurus Jordan & Gilbert 1882. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Scytalichthys Jordan & Davis 1891 -- (McCosker 1977:84 [ref. 6836], McCosker et al. 1989:299 [ref. 13288]). Current status: Valid as Scytalichthys Jordan & Davis 1891. 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.