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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Ophichthidae

Scientific name
  
Ophichthus

Rank
  
Genus

Class
  
Actinopterygii

Subfamily
  
Ophichthinae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Eel

Ophichthus Ophichthus Wikipdia

Similar
  
Eel, Ophichthidae, Punctuated snake‑eel, Highfin snake eel, Myrichthys

Ophichthus is a genus of eels in the snake eel family Ophichthidae.

Species

There are currently 79 recognized species in this genus:

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  • Ophichthus alleni J. E. McCosker, 2010
  • Ophichthus altipennis (Kaup, 1856) (High-fin snake eel)
  • Ophichthus aniptocheilos J. E. McCosker, 2010
  • Ophichthus apachus J. E. McCosker & Rosenblatt, 1998 (Thin snake eel)
  • Ophichthus aphotistos J. E. McCosker & Y. Y. Chen, 2000 (Dark deep-water snake eel)
  • Ophichthus apicalis (Anonymous, referred to E. T. Bennett, 1830) (Blunt-nose snake eel)
  • Ophichthus arneutes J. E. McCosker & Rosenblatt, 1998
  • Ophichthus asakusae D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1901
  • Ophichthus bicolor J. E. McCosker & H. C. Ho, 2015 (Bicolored snake eel)
  • Ophichthus bonaparti (Kaup, 1856) (Napoleon snake eel)
  • Ophichthus brachynotopterus Karrer, 1982
  • Ophichthus brasiliensis (Kaup, 1856)
  • Ophichthus brevicaudatus Y. T. Chu, H. L. Wu & X. B. Jin, 1981
  • Ophichthus brevirostris J. E. McCosker & S. W. Ross, 2007 (Snub-nose snake eel)
  • Ophichthus celebicus (Bleeker, 1856)
  • Ophichthus cephalozona Bleeker, 1864 (Dark-shouldered snake eel)
  • Ophichthus congroides J. E. McCosker, 2010
  • Ophichthus cruentifer (Goode & T. H. Bean, 1896) (Margined snake eel)
  • Ophichthus cylindroideus (Ranzani, 1839) (Dusky snake eel)
  • Ophichthus echeloides (D'Ancona, 1928)
  • Ophichthus erabo (D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1901) (Blotched snake eel)
  • Ophichthus exourus J. E. McCosker, 1999
  • Ophichthus fasciatus (Y. T. Chu, H. L. Wu & X. B. Jin, 1981)
  • Ophichthus fowleri (D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1903) (Fowler's snake eel)
  • Ophichthus frontalis Garman, 1899 (Death-banded snake eel)
  • Ophichthus genie J. E. McCosker, 1999
  • Ophichthus gomesii (Castelnau, 1855) (Shrimp snake eel)
  • Ophichthus grandoculis (Cantor, 1849)
  • Ophichthus hirritus J. E. McCosker, 2010
  • Ophichthus humanni J. E. McCosker, 2010
  • Ophichthus hyposagmatus J. E. McCosker & E. B. Böhlke, 1984 (Faint-saddled snake eel)
  • Ophichthus ishiyamorum J. E. McCosker, 2010
  • Ophichthus kunaloa J. E. McCosker, 1979
  • Ophichthus lentiginosus J. E. McCosker, 2010
  • Ophichthus leonensis Blache, 1975
  • Ophichthus limkouensis J. S. T. F. Chen, 1929
  • Ophichthus lithinus (D. S. Jordan & R. E. Richardson, 1908) (Evermann's snake eel)
  • Ophichthus longipenis J. E. McCosker & Rosenblatt, 1998 (Slender snake eel)
  • Ophichthus machidai J. E. McCosker, S. Ide & Endo, 2012 (Machida’s snake eel)
  • Ophichthus macrochir (Bleeker, 1853) (Big-fin snake eel)
  • Ophichthus macrops Günther, 1910
  • Ophichthus maculatus (Rafinesque, 1810)
  • Ophichthus manilensis Herre, 1923
  • Ophichthus marginatus (W. K. H. Peters, 1855) (Short-head snake eel)
  • Ophichthus mecopterus J. E. McCosker & Rosenblatt, 1998 (Long-armed snake eel)
  • Ophichthus megalops Asano, 1987
  • Ophichthus melanoporus Kanazawa, 1963 (Black-pored snake eel)
  • Ophichthus melope J. E. McCosker & Rosenblatt, 1998
  • Ophichthus menezesi J. E. McCosker & E. B. Böhlke, 1984
  • Ophichthus microstictus J. E. McCosker, 2010
  • Ophichthus mystacinus J. E. McCosker, 1999
  • Ophichthus obtusus J. E. McCosker, S. Ide & Endo, 2012 (Pug-nosed snake eel)
  • Ophichthus omorgmus J. E. McCosker & E. B. Böhlke, 1984 (Dotted-line snake eel)
  • Ophichthus ophis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Spotted snake eel)
  • Ophichthus polyophthalmus Bleeker, 1864 (Many-eyed snake eel)
  • Ophichthus pullus J. E. McCosker, 2005
  • Ophichthus puncticeps (Kaup, 1860) (Pale-spotted snake eel)
  • Ophichthus remiger (Valenciennes, 1837) (Punctuated snake eel)
  • Ophichthus retrodorsalis D. Liu, W. Q. Tang & C. G. Zhang, 2010
  • Ophichthus rex E. B. Böhlke & J. H. Caruso, 1980 (King snake eel)
  • Ophichthus roseus S. Tanaka (I), 1917
  • Ophichthus rotundus C. L. Lee & Asano, 1997
  • Ophichthus rufus (Rafinesque, 1810) (Rufus snake eel)
  • Ophichthus rugifer D. S. Jordan & Bollman, 1890
  • Ophichthus rutidoderma (Bleeker, 1853) (Olive snake eel)
  • Ophichthus serpentinus Seale, 1917
  • Ophichthus shaoi J. E. McCosker & H. C. Ho, 2015 (Long-bodied snake eel)
  • Ophichthus singapurensis Bleeker, 1864
  • Ophichthus spinicauda (Norman, 1922) (Antillean snake eel)
  • Ophichthus stenopterus Cope, 1871
  • Ophichthus tchangi W. Q. Tang & C. G. Zhang, 2002
  • Ophichthus tetratrema J. E. McCosker & Rosenblatt, 1998
  • Ophichthus tomioi J. E. McCosker, 2010
  • Ophichthus triserialis (Kaup, 1856) (Pacific snake eel)
  • Ophichthus tsuchidae D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1901
  • Ophichthus unicolor Regan, 1908 (Plain snake eel)
  • Ophichthus urolophus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) (Mane-tail snake eel)
  • Ophichthus woosuitingi J. S. T. F. Chen, 1929
  • Ophichthus zophochir D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882 (Yellow snake eel)

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    References

    Ophichthus Wikipedia
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