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Ophichthus
Ahl, 1789
(fish)
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Ophichthinae (Subfamily) - snake eels
..Allips (Genus)
..Aplatophis (Genus)
..Aprognathodon (Genus)
..Apterichtus (Genus)
..Bascanichthys (Genus)
..Brachysomophis (Genus)
..Caecula (Genus)
..Callechelys (Genus)
..Caralophia (Genus)
..Chauligenion (Genus)
..Cirrhimuraena (Genus)
..Cirricaecula (Genus)
..Dalophis (Genus)
..Echelus (Genus)
..Echiophis (Genus)
..Ethadophis (Genus)
..Evips (Genus)
..Gordiichthys (Genus)
..Hemerorhinus (Genus)
..Herpetoichthys (Genus)
..Hyphalophis (Genus)
..Ichthyapus (Genus)
..Kertomichthys (Genus)
..Lamnostoma (Genus)
..Leiuranus (Genus)
..Leptenchelys (Genus)
..Letharchus (Genus)
..Lethogoleos (Genus)
..Leuropharus (Genus)
..Luthulenchelys (Genus)
..Malvoliophis (Genus)
..Myrichthys (Genus)
..Mystriophis (Genus)
..Ophisurus (Genus)
..Paraletharchus (Genus)
..Phaenomonas (Genus)
..Phyllophichthus (Genus)
..Pisodonophis (Genus)
..Quassiremus (Genus)
..Rhinophichthus (Genus)
..Scytalichthys (Genus)
..Stictorhinus (Genus)
..Suculentophichthus (Genus)
..Xestochilus (Genus)
..Xyrias (Genus)
..Yirrkala (Genus)
..Ophichthus (Genus)
....Ophichthus alleni (Species)
....Ophichthus altipennis (Species)
....Ophichthus aniptocheilos (Species)
....Ophichthus apachus (Species)
....Ophichthus aphotistos (Species)
....Ophichthus apicalis (Species)
....Ophichthus arneutes (Species)
....Ophichthus asakusae (Species)
....Ophichthus bonaparti (Species)
....Ophichthus brachynotopterus (Species)
....Ophichthus brasiliensis (Species)
....Ophichthus brevicaudatus (Species)
....Ophichthus celebicus (Species)
....Ophichthus cephalozona (Species)
....Ophichthus congroides (Species)
....Ophichthus cruentifer (Species) - margined snake eel
....Ophichthus cylindroideus (Species) - tentacle-nose eel
....Ophichthus echeloides (Species)
....Ophichthus episcopus (Species)
....Ophichthus erabo (Species)
....Ophichthus evermanni (Species)
....Ophichthus exourus (Species)
....Ophichthus frontalis (Species) - death-banded snake-eel
....Ophichthus garretti (Species)
....Ophichthus genie (Species)
....Ophichthus gomesii (Species) - shrimp eel
....Ophichthus grandoculis (Species)
....Ophichthus hirritus (Species)
....Ophichthus humanni (Species)
....Ophichthus hyposagmatus (Species)
....Ophichthus ishiyamorum (Species)
....Ophichthus karreri (Species)
....Ophichthus kunaloa (Species)
....Ophichthus lentiginosus (Species)
....Ophichthus leonensis (Species)
....Ophichthus limkouensis (Species)
....Ophichthus longipenis (Species)
....Ophichthus machidai (Species)
....Ophichthus macrochir (Species)
....Ophichthus macrops (Species)
....Ophichthus maculatus (Species)
....Ophichthus madagascariensis (Species)
....Ophichthus manilensis (Species)
....Ophichthus marginatus (Species)
....Ophichthus mecopterus (Species)
....Ophichthus megalops (Species)
....Ophichthus melanoporus (Species) - blackpored eel
....Ophichthus melope (Species)
....Ophichthus menezesi (Species)
....Ophichthus microstictus (Species)
....Ophichthus mystacinus (Species)
....Ophichthus obtusus (Species)
....Ophichthus omorgmus (Species)
....Ophichthus ophis (Species) - spotted snake eel
....Ophichthus parilis (Species)
....Ophichthus polyophthalmus (Species) - manyeyed worm eel
....Ophichthus puncticeps (Species) - palespotted eel
....Ophichthus regius (Species) - ornate snake eel
....Ophichthus remiger (Species) - punctuated snake-eel
....Ophichthus rex (Species) - king snake eel
....Ophichthus roseus (Species)
....Ophichthus rotundus (Species)
....Ophichthus rufus (Species) - rufus snake eel
....Ophichthus rugifer (Species)
....Ophichthus rutidoderma (Species)
....Ophichthus rutidodermatoides (Species)
....Ophichthus serpentinus (Species)
....Ophichthus singapurensis (Species)
....Ophichthus spinicauda (Species) - spinefin snake eel
....Ophichthus stenopterus (Species)
....Ophichthus tchangi (Species)
....Ophichthus tetratrema (Species)
....Ophichthus tomioi (Species)
....Ophichthus triserialis (Species) - Pacific snake eel
....Ophichthus tsuchidae (Species)
....Ophichthus unicolor (Species)
....Ophichthus urolophus (Species)
....Ophichthus woosuitingi (Species)
....Ophichthus zophochir (Species) - yellow snake eel
Types
Type of
:
Ophichthidae
(Family)
Günther, 1870
Ref:
R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021
: 9 Apr 2025; 14 May 2025.
[inferred]
Type of
:
Ophichthinae
(Subfamily)
Günther, 1870
Ref:
R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021
: 9 Apr 2025; [<14 May 2025].
[inferred]
Variants
Former spelling
:
Ophichthys
(Genus)
orth. inval.
Ref:
R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021
: 11 Jun 2025.
Vernacular Names (Latin)
Stem
:
Ophichth-
Ref:
G.C. Steyskal, 1980
: 170, 176.
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Last updated:
21 Sep 2025