Species that contain: Pisodonophis and cancrivorus [ 11 ] records

baccidens, Ophiurus Cantor [T. E.] 1849:1302 [320], Pl. 5 (fig. 1) [Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal v. 18 (pt 2); ref. 715] Sea of Penang, Malaysia; Singapore. Syntypes: BMNH 1860.3.19.397 (1) Sea of Pinang. On p. 320 of separate. Original genus should have been spelled Ophisurus. •Synonym of Pisodonophis cancrivorus (Richardson 1848) -- (Kottelat 2013:47 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Pisodonophis cancrivorus (Richardson 1848). Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae. Habitat: marine.

brachysoma, Ophisurus Bleeker [P.] 1853:776 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 3 (no. 5); ref. 335] Makassar, Sulawesi, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. Bleeker specimens: BMNH 1867.11.29.244 (1) Macassar. •Synonym of Pisodonophis cancrivorus (Richardson 1848). Current status: Synonym of Pisodonophis cancrivorus (Richardson 1848). Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

cancrivorus, Ophisurus Richardson [J.] 1848:97, Pl. 50 (figs. 6-9) [Ichthyology of the voyage of H. M. S. Erebus & Terror v. 2 (2); ref. 3740] Port Essington, Northern Territory, Australia [Arafura Sea, eastern Indian Ocean]. Holotype: Whereabouts unknown. Additional original materia: BMNH 1938.12.21.1 (1) Singapore, BMNH 1938.12.21.2 (1) Philippine Is. Two specimens questionably referred and not regarded as types. •Valid as Pisodonophis cancrivorus (Richardson 1848) -- (McCosker 1977:83 [ref. 6836], Dor & Palmer 1977:138 [ref. 21143], Castle 1984:39 [ref. 6171], Dor 1984:36 [ref. 29757], Asano in Masuda et al. 1984:31 [ref. 6441], McCosker & Castle 1986:185 [ref. 5690], Allen & Swainston 1988:34 [ref. 25477], Paxton et al. 1989:120 [ref. 12442], Ataur Rahman 1989:44 [ref. 24860], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:87 [ref. 20764], Kottelat et al. 1993:13 [ref. 23448], Poll & Gosse 1995:83 [ref. 24781], Goren & Dor 1994:9 [ref. 25356], Quéro & Saldanha 1995:75 [ref. 22017], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:72 [ref. 27969], Rainboth 1996:58 [ref. 22772], Allen 1997:56 [ref. 23977], Larson & Williams 1997:347 [ref. 23967], Anderson et al. 1998:21 [ref. 23611], Myers 1999:57 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:67 [ref. 24106], Smith & McCosker 1999:1669 [ref. 24715], Nakabo 2000:224 [ref. 25086], Kimura & Peristiwady in Matsuura & Peristiwady 2000:111 [ref. 27511] dating to 1844, McCosker in Randall & Lim 2000:586 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:17 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:224 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:24 [ref. 26830] as cancrivora, Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S95 [ref. 27377], Ataur Rahman 2003:59 [ref. 31338], Tang & Zhang 2004:20 [ref. 27889], McCosker et al. 2006:273 [ref. 29006], Fricke et al. 2009:19 [ref. 30213], Motomura et al. 2010:74 [ref. 31256], Zhang et al. 2010:351 [ref. 31511], Ji & Kim 2011:61 [ref. 31152], Allen & Erdmann 2012:109 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:28 [ref. 32988], Kottelat 2013:47 [ref. 32989], Yoshida et al. 2013:24 [ref. 34464], McCosker 2014:339 [ref. 33288], Shinohara et al. 2014:236 [ref. 33330], Fricke et al. 2015:64 [ref. 33895], Psomadakis et al. 2015:148 [ref. 34104], Ho et al. 2015:175 [ref. 34130], Hibino in Kimura et al. 2015:11 [ref. 34319], Miesen et al. 2016:81 [ref. 34492], Motomura et al. 2017:34 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:45 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:28 [ref. 36273], Hibino in Kimura et al. 2018:27 [ref. 36460], Bleher 2018:80 [ref. 36647], Hibino et al. 2019:303 [ref. 36433], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 5 [ref. 38321], Kim et al. 2020:55 [ref. 39118], Psomadakis et al. 2020:278 [ref. 37272], Sonoyama et al. 2020:18 [ref. 37637], Ji et al. 2021:244 [ref. 39406], Taki et al. 2021:49 [ref. 39830], Eudeline 2022:156 [ref. 39191], McCosker 2022:128 [ref. 39686], Jamandre 2023:160 [ref. 40455], Mohanty et al. 2023:10 [ref. 40223], Allen & Erdmann 2024:120 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Pisodonophis cancrivorus (Richardson 1848). Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Mayotte (France), Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to French Polynesia, north to Korea and Japan, south to Australia (Northern Territory and Queensland). Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

chilkensis, Ophichthus Chaudhuri [B. L.] 1916:445, Figs. 12-13 [Memoirs of the Indian Museum v. 5 (no. 5); ref. 15054] Rambha Bay, Chilka [Chilika] Lake, Orissa [Odisha], India. Holotype: ZSI F9177/1. Paratypes: ZSI F9182/1 (1). Type catalog: Menon & Yazdani 1968:134 [ref. 20743]. •Questionably a synonym of Pisodonophis cancrivorus (Richardson 1848) -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:87 [ref. 20764], Kottelat 2013:47 [ref. 32989] with question, McCosker 2022:128 [ref. 39686] with question). •Valid as Ophichthus chilkensis Chaudhury 1916 -- (Mishra et al. 2019:195 [ref. 36652], McCosker et al. 2020:33 [ref. 37376], Das et al. 2020:292 [ref. 38016], Kodeeswaran et al. 2023:7 [ref. 40457], Kodeeswaran et al. 2023:5 [ref. 40641]). Current status: Valid as Ophichthus chilkensis Chaudhuri 1916. Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae. Distribution: Northeastern Indian Ocean: east coast of India (Bay of Bengal). Habitat: brackish, marine.

chrysogaster, Myrophis Macleay [W.] 1881:271 [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 6 (pt 2); ref. 6222] Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. Holotype (unique): AMS I.16267-001 [ex MAMU F115]. Type catalog: Stanbury 1969:205 [ref. 19518] listed MAMU F115 as holotype. •Synonym of Pisodonophis cancrivorus (Richardson 1848) -- (Paxton et al. 1989:120-121 [ref. 12442], Larson & Williams 1997:347 [ref. 23967], Kottelat 2013:47 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Pisodonophis cancrivorus (Richardson 1848). Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

macgregori, Pisoodonophis Jordan [D. S.] & Richardson [R. E.] 1908:238, Fig. 2 [Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries v. 27(Doc. 640) (for 1907); ref. 2492] Manila, Philippines. Holotype (unique): CAS-SU 20210. Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:50 [ref. 12291]. Original genus should have been Pisodonophis. •Synonym of Pisodonophis cancrivorus (Richardson 1848) -- (McCosker 2022:128 [ref. 39686] with question). Current status: Synonym of Pisodonophis cancrivorus (Richardson 1848). Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae. Habitat: marine.

madagascariensis, Ophichthys Fourmanoir [P.] 1961:102, Fig. 16 [Mémoires de l'Institut Scientifique de Madagascar. Série F. Océanographie v. 4; ref. 9346] Nosy Iranza, northwestern Madagascar, southwestern Indian Ocean, depth 230 meters (stomach content). Syntypes: IRSMNB (5) lost. •Valid as Ophichthus madagascariensis Fourmanoir 1961 -- (McCosker 1977:81 [ref. 6836], Fricke 1999:66 [ref. 24106]). •Synonym of Pisodonophis cancrivorus (Richardson 1848) -- (McCosker 2010:2 [ref. 30840], Kottelat 2013:47 [ref. 32989], Fricke et al. 2018:45 [ref. 35805], McCosker 2022:128 [ref. 39686] with question). Current status: Synonym of Pisodonophis cancrivorus (Richardson 1848). Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae. Habitat: marine.

moluccensis, Pisoodonophis Bleeker [P.] 1864:72, Pl. 193 (fig. 2) [Atlas ichthyologique des Indes Orientales Néêrlandaises v. 4; ref. 4860] Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. Bleeker specimens: BMNH 1867.11.28.236 (1) Ambon. Text published 19 Dec. 1864. Also appeared in Bleeker 1865:214 [p. 2 of separate] [ref. 17037]. Original genus should have been Pisodonophis. •See McCosker 1977:69 [ref. 6836]. •Synonym of Pisodonophis cancrivorus (Richardson 1848) -- (Kottelat 2013:47 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Pisodonophis cancrivorus (Richardson 1848). Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae. Habitat: marine.

nigrepinnis, Ophisurus Liénard [F.] 1842:90 [Rapport Annuel sur les travaux de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de l'Ile Maurice No. 13 (for 1842-1843); ref. 20927] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Syntypes: (2). For comments on authorship see Monod 1976:22 [ref. 30339]. Not used as valid after 1899; therefore reversal of precedence (ICZN Art. 23.9) in favor of Pisodonophis cancrivorus (Richardson 1848). •In the synonymy of Pisodonophis cancrivorus (Richardson 1848) -- (Fricke 1999:67 [ref. 24106], Fricke et al. 2009:19 [ref. 30213], McCosker 2022:128 [ref. 39686] with question). Current status: Synonym of Pisodonophis cancrivorus (Richardson 1848). Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

schaapii, Ophisurus Bleeker [P.] 1852:53 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 3 (no. 1); ref. 16832] Pankalpinang, Bangka, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. Bleeker specimen: BMNH 1867.11.28.285 (1). Also in Bleeker 1853:735. •Synonym of Pisodonophis cancrivorus (Richardson 1848) -- (Kottelat 2013:47 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Pisodonophis cancrivorus (Richardson 1848). Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae. Habitat: marine.

sinensis, Ophisurus Richardson [J.] 1848:98 [Ichthyology of the voyage of H. M. S. Erebus & Terror v. 2 (2); ref. 3740] Canton, China. Holotype (unique): Cambridge Philosophical Institution. Simultaneous synonym of Ophisurus concrivorus Richadson; Kaup 1856 gave presedence to cancrivorus. •Synonym of Pisodonophis cancrivorus (Richardson 1848) -- (Kottelat 2013:47 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Pisodonophis cancrivorus (Richardson 1848). Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae. Habitat: marine.