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Species related to Ophichthus zophochir: [ 2 ] records

chamensis, Ophichthus Meek [S. E.] & Hildebrand [S. F.] 1923:155, Pl. 8 (fig. 2) [Field Museum of Natural History, Publications, Zoölogical Series v. 15 (publ. 215); ref. 2963] Chame Point, (Pacific) Panama. Holotype: USNM 82216. Paratypes: USNM 82214-15 (1, 7), 82217 (2), 128398 (2). Type catalog: Smith 1994:34 [ref. 21917]. •Valid as Ophichthus chamensis Meek & Hildebrand 1923 -- (McCosker & Rosenblatt in Fischer et al. 1995:1337 [ref. 22830]). •Synonym of Ophichthus zophochir Jordan & Gilbert 1882 -- (McCosker & Rosenblatt 1998:421 [ref. 23645]). Current status: Synonym of Ophichthus zophochir Jordan & Gilbert 1882. Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae. Habitat: marine.

zophochir, Ophichthys Jordan [D. S.] & Gilbert [C. H.] 1882:347 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 4 (no. 237); ref. 2470] Rocks near Mazatlán, Sinaloa, western Mexico. Lectotype: USNM 28277. Paralectotypes: USNM 28280 (1), 29220 (1, not found in 1980), 29239 (1). Type catalog: Smith 1994:35 [ref. 21917]. Lectotype selected by McCosker & Rosenblatt 1998:421 [ref. 23645]. •Valid as Ophichthys zophochir Jordan & Gilbert 1882 -- (Bussing & López S. 1994:42 [ref. 23101]). •Valid as Ophichthus zophochir Jordan & Gilbert 1882 -- (McCosker 1977:81 [ref. 6836], Eschmeyer & Herald 1983:66 [ref. 9277], McCosker & Rosenblatt in Fischer et al. 1995:1339 [ref. 22830], McCosker & Rosenblatt 1998:421 [ref. 23645], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:120 [ref. 24555], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:102 [ref. 24550], Lea & Rosenblatt 2000:120 [ref. 25206], Nelson et al. 2004:63 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:20 [ref. 37547], Page et al. 2013:63 [ref. 32708], Kells et al. 2016:90 [ref. 35888], Romero-Berny et al. 2018:88 [ref. 35859], Burton & Lea 2019:35 [ref. 37205], González-Murcia et al. 2019:289 [ref. 36544], Love et al. 2021:36 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:55 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Ophichthus zophochir Jordan & Gilbert 1882. Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: northern California (U.S.A.) south to Peru, including Gulf of California (Mexico). Habitat: marine.