The Taxonomicon
Home
Site map | Contact
Under construction
Taxon: Subfamily Ophichthinae Günther, 1870 - snake eels (fish)
Classification by:

Natura - nature
   actualia - actual entities
     Mundus Plinius - physical world
       naturalia - natural bodies
         Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
           Clade neomura Cavalier-Smith, 1987
             Domain Eukaryota Chatton, 1925 - eukaryotes
               Clade discaria Cavalier-Smith, 2021
                 Clade dorsates Cavalier-Smith, 2021
                   Clade podiates Cavalier-Smith, 2012
                     Clade Amorphea Adl et al. 2012 [Simpson, Medina & Adl 2020]
                       Clade Obazoa Brown, Sharpe, Silberman, Heiss, Lang, Simpson & Roger 2013
                         Clade Opisthokonta Cavalier-Smith 1987 [Simpson & Medina 2020] - animal-fungal clade
                           Superkingdom Holozoa Lang, O'Kelly, Nerad, Gray & Burger, 2002
                             Clade filozoa Shalchian-Tabrizi, Minge, Espelund, Orr, Ruden, Jakobsen & Cavalier-Smith, 2008
                               Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
                                 Clade Planulozoa Wallberg, Thollesson, Farris & Jondelius 2004
                                   Subkingdom Bilateria Hatschek, 1888 - bilaterians
                                     Clade Nephrozoa Jondelius, Ruiz-Trillo, Baguñà & Riutort 2002
                                       Infrakingdom Deuterostomia Grobben, 1908
                                         Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
                                           Subphylum Craniata auct.
                                             Infraphylum Vertebrata Lamarck, 1801 - vertebrates
                                               Clade Pan-Gnathostomata Downs 2020
                                                 Superclass Gnathostomata Gegenbaur, 1874 - jawed vertebrates
                                                   [crown] Clade Eugnathostomata
                                                     Clade Pan-Osteichthyes Rowe 2004 [Moore & Near 2020]
                                                       Clade Osteichthyes Huxley 1880 [Moore & Near 2020]
                                                         Clade Pan-Actinopterygii Rowe 2004 [Moore & Near 2020]
                                                           Clade Actinopterygii Woodward 1891 [Moore & Near 2020]
                                                             Clade Pan-Actinopteri Moore & Near 2020
                                                               Class Actinopteri Cope, 1871
                                                                 Subclass Neopterygii Regan, 1923
                                                                   Infraclass Teleosteomorpha Arratia, 2001
                                                                     Division Teleostei Müller, 1845
                                                                       Supercohort Teleocephala de Pinna, 1996 - crown-group Teleostei
                                                                         Cohort Elopomorpha Greenwood et al., 1966
                                                                           Order Anguilliformes Berg, 1943 - eels
                                                                             Suborder Congroidei Regan, 1909
                                                                               Family Ophichthidae Günther, 1870 - snake eels and worm eels
                                                                                 Subfamily Ophichthinae Günther, 1870 - snake eels
                                                                                   01 Genus Allips McCosker, 1972 [monotypic]
                                                                                   02 Genus Aplatophis Böhlke, 1956
                                                                                   03 Genus Aprognathodon Böhlke, 1967 [monotypic]
                                                                                   04 Genus Apterichtus Duméril, 1805
                                                                                   05 Genus Bascanichthys Jordan & Davis, 1891
                                                                                   06 Genus Brachysomophis Kaup, 1856
                                                                                   07 Genus Caecula Vahl, 1794 [monotypic]
                                                                                   08 Genus Callechelys Kaup, 1856
                                                                                   09 Genus Caralophia Böhlke, 1955 [monotypic]
                                                                                   10 Genus Chauligenion McCosker & Okamoto, 2016
                                                                                   11 Genus Cirrhimuraena Kaup, 1856
                                                                                   12 Genus Cirricaecula Schultz, 1953
                                                                                   13 Genus Dalophis Rafinesque, 1810
                                                                                   14 Genus Echelus Rafinesque, 1810
                                                                                   15 Genus Echiophis Kaup, 1856
                                                                                   16 Genus Ethadophis Rosenblatt & McCosker, 1970
                                                                                   17 Genus Evips McCosker, 1972 [monotypic]
                                                                                   18 Genus Gordiichthys Jordan & Davis, 1891
                                                                                   19 Genus Hemerorhinus Weber & de Beaufort, 1916
                                                                                   20 Genus Herpetoichthys Kaup, 1856 [monotypic]
                                                                                   21 Genus Hyphalophis McCosker & Böhlke, 1982 [monotypic]
                                                                                   22 Genus Ichthyapus Brisout de Barneville, 1847
                                                                                   23 Genus Kertomichthys McCosker & Böhlke, 1982 [monotypic]
                                                                                   24 Genus Lamnostoma Kaup, 1856
                                                                                   25 Genus Leiuranus Bleeker, 1852 [monotypic]
                                                                                   26 Genus Leptenchelys Myers & Wade, 1941 [monotypic]
                                                                                   27 Genus Letharchus Goode & Bean, 1882
                                                                                   28 Genus Lethogoleos McCosker & Böhlke, 1982 [monotypic]
                                                                                   29 Genus Leuropharus Rosenblatt & McCosker, 1970 [monotypic]
                                                                                   30 Genus Luthulenchelys McCosker, 2007 [monotypic]
                                                                                   31 Genus Malvoliophis Whitley, 1934 [monotypic]
                                                                                   32 Genus Myrichthys Girard, 1859
                                                                                   33 Genus Mystriophis Kaup, 1856
                                                                                   34 Genus Ophichthus Ahl, 1789
                                                                                   35 Genus Ophisurus Lacepède, 1800
                                                                                   36 Genus Paraletharchus McCosker, 1974
                                                                                   37 Genus Phaenomonas Myers & Wade, 1941
                                                                                   38 Genus Phyllophichthus Gosline, 1951
                                                                                   39 Genus Pisodonophis Kaup, 1856
                                                                                   40 Genus Quassiremus Jordan & Davis, 1891
                                                                                   41 Genus Rhinophichthus McCosker, 1999 [monotypic]
                                                                                   42 Genus Scytalichthys Jordan & Davis, 1891 [monotypic]
                                                                                   43 Genus Stictorhinus Böhlke & McCosker, 1975 [monotypic]
                                                                                   44 Genus Suculentophichthus Fricke, Golani & Appelbaum-Golani 2015
                                                                                   45 Genus Xestochilus McCosker, 1998 [monotypic]
                                                                                   46 Genus Xyrias Jordan & Snyder, 1901
                                                                                   47 Genus Yirrkala Whitley, 1940

©2004-2025 Universal Taxonomic Services
Last updated: 21 Sep 2025