Ophichthidae

Classification

Genera in Ophichthidae

• Ophichthus — 99 species: Ophichthus alleni, Ophichthus altipennis, Ophichthus aniptocheilos, Ophichthus apachus, Ophichthus aphotistos, Ophichthus apicalis, Ophichthus arneutes, Ophichthus asakusae
• Scolecenchelys — 22 species: Scolecenchelys acutirostris, Scolecenchelys aoki, Scolecenchelys australis, Scolecenchelys brevicaudata, Scolecenchelys breviceps, Scolecenchelys castlei, Scolecenchelys chilensis, Scolecenchelys cookei
• Apterichtus — 21 species: Apterichtus anguiformis, Apterichtus ansp, Apterichtus australis, Apterichtus caecus, Apterichtus dunalailai, Apterichtus equatorialis, Apterichtus flavicaudus, Apterichtus gracilis
• Bascanichthys — 19 species: Bascanichthys bascanium, Bascanichthys bascanoides, Bascanichthys ceciliae, Bascanichthys cylindricus, Bascanichthys deraniyagalai, Bascanichthys fijiensis, Bascanichthys filaria, Bascanichthys gaira
• Yirrkala — 16 species: Yirrkala calyptra, Yirrkala chaselingi, Yirrkala fusca, Yirrkala gjellerupi, Yirrkala insolitus, Yirrkala kaupii, Yirrkala macrodon, Yirrkala maculata
• Callechelys — 15 species: Callechelys bilinearis, Callechelys bitaeniata, Callechelys catostoma, Callechelys cliffi, Callechelys eristigma, Callechelys galapagensis, Callechelys guineensis, Callechelys leucoptera
• Ophisurus — 13 species: Ophisurus acuticaudus, Ophisurus bengalensis, Ophisurus brasiliensis, Ophisurus chrysospilos, Ophisurus lacepedii, Ophisurus macclellandi, Ophisurus macrorhynchos, Ophisurus maculatus
• Cirrhimuraena — 12 species: Cirrhimuraena calamus, Cirrhimuraena cheilopogon, Cirrhimuraena chinensis, Cirrhimuraena indica, Cirrhimuraena inhacae, Cirrhimuraena odishaensis, Cirrhimuraena oliveri, Cirrhimuraena orientalis
• Neenchelys — 12 species: Neenchelys andamanensis, Neenchelys buitendijki, Neenchelys cheni, Neenchelys daedalus, Neenchelys diaphora, Neenchelys gracilis, Neenchelys mccoskeri, Neenchelys microtretus
• Myrichthys — 11 species: Myrichthys aspetocheiros, Myrichthys breviceps, Myrichthys colubrinus, Myrichthys maculosus, Myrichthys magnificus, Myrichthys ocellatus, Myrichthys paleracio, Myrichthys pantostigmius
• Echelus — 10 species: Echelus auratus, Echelus gruncus, Echelus macropterus, Echelus microphtalmus, Echelus myrus, Echelus nebulosus, Echelus pachyrhynchus, Echelus polyrinus
• Muraenichthys — 10 species: Muraenichthys elerae, Muraenichthys gymnopterus, Muraenichthys longirostris, Muraenichthys malaita, Muraenichthys moorii, Muraenichthys philippinensis, Muraenichthys schultzei, Muraenichthys sibogae
• Pisodonophis — 10 species: Pisodonophis boro, Pisodonophis cancrivorus, Pisodonophis copelandi, Pisodonophis daspilotus, Pisodonophis hijala, Pisodonophis hoeveni, Pisodonophis hypselopterus, Pisodonophis mcclellandi
• Dalophis — 8 species: Dalophis anceps, Dalophis boulengeri, Dalophis cephalopeltis, Dalophis imberbis, Dalophis major, Dalophis moluccensis, Dalophis multidentatus, Dalophis obtusirostris
• Lamnostoma — 8 species: Lamnostoma bicolor, Lamnostoma kampeni, Lamnostoma mindora, Lamnostoma orientale, Lamnostoma orientalis, Lamnostoma polyophthalmum, Lamnostoma taiwanense, Lamnostoma taylori
• Myrophis — 8 species: Myrophis anterodorsalis, Myrophis australis, Myrophis lepturus, Myrophis microchir, Myrophis platyrhynchus, Myrophis plumbeus, Myrophis punctatus, Myrophis vafer
• Brachysomophis — 7 species: Brachysomophis atlanticus, Brachysomophis cirrocheilos, Brachysomophis crocodilinus, Brachysomophis henshawi, Brachysomophis longipinnis, Brachysomophis porphyreus, Brachysomophis umbonis
• Ichthyapus — 7 species: Ichthyapus acuticeps, Ichthyapus acutirostris, Ichthyapus insularis, Ichthyapus ophioneus, Ichthyapus platyrhynchus, Ichthyapus selachops, Ichthyapus vulturis
• Gordiichthys — 5 species: Gordiichthys combibus, Gordiichthys ergodes, Gordiichthys irretitus, Gordiichthys leibyi, Gordiichthys randalli
• Pseudomyrophis — 5 species: Pseudomyrophis atlanticus, Pseudomyrophis frio, Pseudomyrophis fugesae, Pseudomyrophis micropinna, Pseudomyrophis nimius
• Quassiremus — 5 species: Quassiremus ascensionis, Quassiremus evionthas, Quassiremus nothochir, Quassiremus parvipinna, Quassiremus polyclitellum
• Xyrias — 5 species: Xyrias anjaalai, Xyrias chioui, Xyrias guineensis, Xyrias multiserialis, Xyrias revulsus
• Benthenchelys — 3 species: Benthenchelys cartieri, Benthenchelys indicus, Benthenchelys pacificus
• Caecula — 3 species: Caecula cheni, Caecula kuro, Caecula pterygera
• Echiophis — 3 species:
• Ethadophis — 3 species:
• Herpetoichthys — 3 species:
• Letharchus — 3 species:
• Oxystomus — 3 species:
• Phaenomonas — 3 species:
• Aplatophis — 2 species:
• Cirricaecula — 2 species:
• Hemerorhinus — 2 species:
• Leiuranus — 2 species:
• Mixomyrophis — 2 species:
• Mystriophis — 2 species:
• Ophicthys — 2 species:
• Paraletharchus — 2 species:
• Schultzidia — 2 species:
• Skythrenchelys — 2 species:
• Ahlia — 1 species:
• Allips — 1 species:
• Aprognathodon — 1 species:
• Asarcenchelys — 1 species:
• Caralophia — 1 species:
• Chauligenion — 1 species:
• Evips — 1 species:
• Glenoglossa — 1 species:
• Hyphalophis — 1 species:
• Kertomichthys — 1 species:
• Leptenchelys — 1 species:
• Lethogoleos — 1 species:
• Leuropharus — 1 species:
• Luthulenchelys — 1 species:
• Malvoliophis — 1 species:
• Phyllophichthus — 1 species:
• Pylorobranchus — 1 species:
• Rhinophichthus — 1 species:
• Schismorhynchus — 1 species:
• Scytalichthys — 1 species:
• Stictorhinus — 1 species:
• Suculentophichthus — 1 species:
• Sympenchelys — 1 species:
• Xestochilus — 1 species:
• Goslinophis

Source and Attribution

Taxonomic rank data on this page is drawn from the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, doi.org/10.15468/39omei, GBIF Secretariat, licensed CC BY 4.0. Member-species counts are counts of records held in the Sanctum species index, not a claim of completeness for the family.