hispanus, Ophisurus Bellotti [C.] in Masserotti & Cantù 1858:56 [Atti dell'Accademia Fisio-Medico-Statistica di Milano v. 3 (no. 1); ref. 21163] Barcelona, Spain, western Mediterranean Sea. Syntypes: (3) MZUT 511 (1). Type catalog: Tortonese 1940:141 [ref. 21559], Conci & Michelangeli 1974:219 [ref. 21560]. Also appeared in Bellotti 1858 [ref. 26077] -- earliest not determined. •Synonym of Ophichthus rufus (Rafinesque 1810) -- (Blache et al. 1973:248 [ref. 7185]). Current status: Synonym of Ophichthus rufus (Rafinesque 1810). Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae. Habitat: marine.
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