After Nelson, 1994, with Recent species from Froese & Pauly, 2001 [“The Fishbase”]
<==o Ophichthus Eoc. Eu. R. Oc. ()? [55] |-- O. altipennis (Kaup, 1856) |-- O. apachus McCosker & Rosenblatt, 1998 |-- O. apicalis (Anonymous [Bennett], 1830) (Bluntnose snake-eel) |-- O. arneutes McCosker & Rosenblatt, 1998 |-- O. asakusae Jordan & Snyder, 1901 |-- O. bonaparti (Kaup, 1856) (Napoleon snake eel) |-- O. brasiliensis (Kaup, 1856) |-- O. celebicus (Bleeker, 1856) |-- O. cephalozona (Bleeker, 1864) (Dark-shouldered snake eel) |-- O. cruentifer (Goode & Bean, 1896) (Margined snake eel) |-- O. cylindroideus (Ranzani, 1840) (Dusky snake eel) |-- O. echeloides (D'Ancona, 1928) |-- O. episcopus (Castelnau, 1878) |-- O. erabo (Jordan & Snyder, 1901) (Fowler's snake eel) |-- O. evermanni Jordan & Richardson, 1909 |-- O. exourus McCosker, 1999 |-- O. frontalis (Garman, 1899) (Death-banded snake-eel) |-- O. garretti (Günther, 1910) |-- O. genie McCosker, 1999 |-- O. gomesii (Castelnau, 1855) (Shrimp eel) |-- O. grandoculis (Cantor, 1849) |-- O. hyposagmatus McCosker & Böhlke, 1984 |-- O. karreri Blache, 1975 |-- O. kunaloa McCosker, 1979 |-- O. leonensis Blache, 1975 |-- O. longipenis McCosker & Rosenblatt, 1998 |-- O. macrochir (Bleeker, 1853) |-- O. manilensis Herre, 1923 |-- O. marginatus (Peters, 1855) (Shorthead snake-eel) |-- O. mecopterus McCosker & Rosenblatt, 1998 |-- O. megalops Asano, 1987 |-- O. melanochir (Bleeker, 1865) |-- O. melanoporus Kanazawa, 1963 (Blackpored eel) |-- O. melope McCosker & Rosenblatt, 1998 |-- O. menezesi McCosker & Böhlke, 1984 |-- O. mystacinus McCosker, 1999 |-- O. omorgmus McCosker & Böhlke, 1984 |-- O. ophis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Spotted snake eel) |-- O. polyophthalmus (Bleeker, 1865) (Many-eyed snake-eel) |-- O. puncticeps (Kaup, 1860) (Palespotted eel) |-- O. regius (Richardson, 1848) (Ornate Snake Eel) |-- O. remiger (Valenciennes, 1842) (Punctuated snake-eel) |-- O. rex Böhlke & Caruso, 1980 (King snake eel) |-- O. rufus (Rafinesque, 1810) (Rufus snake eel) |-- O. rugifer Jordan & Bollman, 1890 |-- O. rutidoderma (Bleeker, 1853) |-- O. rutidodermatoides (Bleeker, 1853) |-- O. serpentinus (Seale, 1917) |-- O. spinicauda (Norman, 1922) (Antillean snake eel) |-- O. tetratrema McCosker & Rosenblatt, 1998 |-- O. triserialis (Kaup, 1856) (Pacific snake-eel) |-- O. tsuchidae Jordan & Snyder, 1901 |-- O. unicolor (Regan, 1908) (Plain snake-eel) |-- O. urolophus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) `-- O. zophochir (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) (Yellow snake-eel)
Reference(s):
- Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds), 2001: FishBase.
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