Ophichthus
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Ophichthus is a genus of eel
s in the snake eel family Ophichthidae. It currently contains the following species:
Eel
Eels are an order of fish, which consists of four suborders, 20 families, 111 genera and approximately 800 species. Most eels are predators...
s in the snake eel family Ophichthidae. It currently contains the following species:
- Ophichthus alleni McCosker, 2010
- Ophichthus altipennis (KaupJohann Jakob KaupJohann Jakob Kaup was a German naturalist.-Biography:He was born at Darmstadt. After studying at Göttingen and Heidelberg he spent two years at Leiden, where his attention was specially devoted to the amphibians and fishes. He then returned to Darmstadt as an assistant in the grand ducal museum,...
, 1856) (Highfin snake-eel) - Ophichthus aniptocheilos McCosker, 2010
- Ophichthus apachus McCosker & Rosenblatt, 1998 (Thin snake-eel)
- Ophichthus aphotistos McCosker & Yu-Yun Chen, 2000 (Dark deepwater snake-eel)
- Ophichthus apicalis (Anonymous referred to E. T. BennettEdward Turner BennettEdward Turner Bennett was an English zoologist and writer. He was the elder brother of the botanist John Joseph Bennett. Bennett was born at Hackney and practiced as a surgeon, but his chief pursuit was always zoology...
, 1830) (Bluntnose snake-eel) - Ophichthus arneutes McCosker & Rosenblatt, 1998
- Ophichthus asakusae D. S. JordanDavid Starr JordanDavid Starr Jordan, Ph.D., LL.D. was a leading eugenicist, ichthyologist, educator and peace activist. He was president of Indiana University and Stanford University.-Early life and education:...
& SnyderJohn Otterbein SnyderJohn Otterbein Snyder was an American zoologist.As a student he met David Starr Jordan who inspired him to enter zoology. He eventually became a zoology instructor at Stanford University and served there from 1899 until 1943. He went on several major collecting expeditions aboard the USS Albatross...
, 1901 - Ophichthus bonaparti (KaupJohann Jakob KaupJohann Jakob Kaup was a German naturalist.-Biography:He was born at Darmstadt. After studying at Göttingen and Heidelberg he spent two years at Leiden, where his attention was specially devoted to the amphibians and fishes. He then returned to Darmstadt as an assistant in the grand ducal museum,...
, 1856) (Napoleon snake-eel) - Ophichthus brachynotopterus Karrer, 1982
- Ophichthus brasiliensis (KaupJohann Jakob KaupJohann Jakob Kaup was a German naturalist.-Biography:He was born at Darmstadt. After studying at Göttingen and Heidelberg he spent two years at Leiden, where his attention was specially devoted to the amphibians and fishes. He then returned to Darmstadt as an assistant in the grand ducal museum,...
, 1856) - Ophichthus brevicaudatus Y. T. Chu, H. L. Wu & X. B. Jin, 1981
- Ophichthus brevirostris McCosker & S. W. Ross, 2007 (Snubnose snake-eel)
- Ophichthus celebicus (BleekerPieter BleekerPieter Bleeker was a Dutch medical doctor and ichthyologist, famous for his work on the fishes of East Asia – Atlas Ichthyologique des Orientales Neerlandaises – which was published 1862–1877....
, 1856) - Ophichthus cephalozona BleekerPieter BleekerPieter Bleeker was a Dutch medical doctor and ichthyologist, famous for his work on the fishes of East Asia – Atlas Ichthyologique des Orientales Neerlandaises – which was published 1862–1877....
, 1864 (Dark-shouldered snake eel) - Ophichthus congroides McCosker, 2010
- Ophichthus cruentifer (GoodeGeorge Brown GoodeGeorge Brown Goode , was an ichthyologist, although most of his time was spent as a museum administrator and he was very interested in the history of science, especially the history of the development of science in America. Goode graduated from Wesleyan University and studied at Harvard University...
& BeanTarleton Hoffman BeanTarleton Hoffman Bean was an American ichthyologist, born at Bainbridge, Pennsylvania on 8 October 1846. He died in Albany, New York on 28 December 1916.-FAMILY AND EDUCATION :...
, 1896) (Margined snake-eel) - Ophichthus cylindroideus (RanzaniCamillo RanzaniCamillo Ranzani was an Italian priest and a naturalist. He was director of the Museum of Natural History of Bologna from 1803 to 1841...
, 1839) (Dusky snake eel) - Ophichthus echeloides (D'Ancona, 1928)
- Ophichthus episcopus Castelnau, 1878
- Ophichthus erabo (D. S. JordanDavid Starr JordanDavid Starr Jordan, Ph.D., LL.D. was a leading eugenicist, ichthyologist, educator and peace activist. He was president of Indiana University and Stanford University.-Early life and education:...
& SnyderJohn Otterbein SnyderJohn Otterbein Snyder was an American zoologist.As a student he met David Starr Jordan who inspired him to enter zoology. He eventually became a zoology instructor at Stanford University and served there from 1899 until 1943. He went on several major collecting expeditions aboard the USS Albatross...
, 1901) (Fowler's snake eel) - Ophichthus evermanni (D. S. JordanDavid Starr JordanDavid Starr Jordan, Ph.D., LL.D. was a leading eugenicist, ichthyologist, educator and peace activist. He was president of Indiana University and Stanford University.-Early life and education:...
& R. E. Richardson, 1909 - Ophichthus exourus McCosker, 1999
- Ophichthus fasciatus Y. T. Chu, H. L. Wu & X. B. Jin, 1981
- Ophichthus frontalis Garman, 1899 (Death-banded snake-eel)
- Ophichthus garretti Günther, 1910
- Ophichthus genie McCosker, 1999
- Ophichthus gomesii (Castelnau, 1855) (Shrimp eel)
- Ophichthus grandoculis (CantorTheodore Edward CantorTheodore Edward Cantor was a Danish physician, zoologist and botanist.Cantor worked for the British East India Company. He made natural history collections in Penang and Malacca...
, 1849) - Ophichthus hirritus McCosker, 2010
- Ophichthus humanni McCosker, 2010
- Ophichthus hyposagmatus McCosker & E. B. Böhlke, 1984 (Faint-saddled snake-eel)
- Ophichthus ishiyamorum McCosker, 2010
- Ophichthus karreri Blache, 1975
- Ophichthus kunaloa McCosker, 1979
- Ophichthus lentiginosus McCosker, 2010
- Ophichthus leonensis Blache, 1975
- Ophichthus limkouensis J. S. T. F. Chen, 1929
- Ophichthus lithinus (D. S. JordanDavid Starr JordanDavid Starr Jordan, Ph.D., LL.D. was a leading eugenicist, ichthyologist, educator and peace activist. He was president of Indiana University and Stanford University.-Early life and education:...
& R. E. Richardson, 1908) (Evermann's snake-eel) - Ophichthus longipenis McCosker & Rosenblatt, 1998
- Ophichthus macrochir (BleekerPieter BleekerPieter Bleeker was a Dutch medical doctor and ichthyologist, famous for his work on the fishes of East Asia – Atlas Ichthyologique des Orientales Neerlandaises – which was published 1862–1877....
, 1853) - Ophichthus macrops Günther, 1910
- Ophichthus maculatus (Rafinesque, 1810)
- Ophichthus madagascariensis FourmanoirPierre FourmanoirPierre Fourmanoir was a French ichthyologist working mainly in New Caledonia. He has described many new species of fish including several sharks.-References:*...
, 1961 - Ophichthus manilensis HerreAlbert William HerreAlbert William Christian Theodore Herre was an American ichthyologist and lichenologist.Herre was born in 1868 in Toledo, Ohio....
, 1923 - Ophichthus marginatus (W. K. H. PetersWilhelm PetersWilhelm Karl Hartwich Peters was a German naturalist and explorer.He was assistant to Johannes Peter Müller and later curator of the Berlin Zoological Museum. In September 1842 he travelled to Mozambique via Angola. He returned to Berlin with an enormous collection of natural history specimens...
, 1855) (Shorthead snake-eel) - Ophichthus mecopterus McCosker & Rosenblatt, 1998 (Long-armed snake-eel)
- Ophichthus megalops Asano, 1987
- Ophichthus melanoporus Kanazawa, 1963 (Black-pored eel)
- Ophichthus melope McCosker & Rosenblatt, 1998
- Ophichthus menezesi McCosker & E. B. Böhlke, 1984
- Ophichthus microstictus McCosker, 2010
- Ophichthus mystacinus McCosker, 1999
- Ophichthus omorgmus McCosker & E. B. Böhlke, 1984 (Dotted-line snake-eel)
- Ophichthus ophis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Spotted snake-eel)
- Ophichthus parilis (J. RichardsonJohn Richardson (naturalist)Sir John Richardson was a Scottish naval surgeon, naturalist and arctic explorer.Richardson was born at Dumfries. He studied medicine at Edinburgh University, and became a surgeon in the navy in 1807. He traveled with John Franklin in search of the Northwest Passage on the Coppermine Expedition of...
, 1848) - Ophichthus polyophthalmus BleekerPieter BleekerPieter Bleeker was a Dutch medical doctor and ichthyologist, famous for his work on the fishes of East Asia – Atlas Ichthyologique des Orientales Neerlandaises – which was published 1862–1877....
, 1864 (Many-eyed snake-eel) - Ophichthus pullus McCosker, 2005
- Ophichthus puncticeps (KaupJohann Jakob KaupJohann Jakob Kaup was a German naturalist.-Biography:He was born at Darmstadt. After studying at Göttingen and Heidelberg he spent two years at Leiden, where his attention was specially devoted to the amphibians and fishes. He then returned to Darmstadt as an assistant in the grand ducal museum,...
, 1860) (Pale-spotted eel) - Ophichthus regius (J. RichardsonJohn Richardson (naturalist)Sir John Richardson was a Scottish naval surgeon, naturalist and arctic explorer.Richardson was born at Dumfries. He studied medicine at Edinburgh University, and became a surgeon in the navy in 1807. He traveled with John Franklin in search of the Northwest Passage on the Coppermine Expedition of...
, 1848) (Ornate Snake-Eel) - Ophichthus remiger (ValenciennesAchille ValenciennesAchille Valenciennes was a French zoologist.Valenciennes was born in Paris, and studied under Georges Cuvier. Valenciennes' study of parasitic worms in humans made an important contribution to the study of parasitology...
, 1837) (Punctuated snake-eel) - Ophichthus rex J. E. Böhlke & Caruso, 1980 (King snake-eel)
- Ophichthus roseus S. Tanaka (I)Shigeho Tanakawas a Japanese ichthyologist and professor of zoology at the Imperial University of Tokyo. He published numerous works on fishes and sharks and co-authored a book on Japanese fish with famous American scientist David Starr Jordan.Publications:...
, 1917 - Ophichthus rotundus C. L. Lee & Asano, 1997
- Ophichthus rufus (Rafinesque, 1810) (Rufus snake-eel)
- Ophichthus rugifer D. S. JordanDavid Starr JordanDavid Starr Jordan, Ph.D., LL.D. was a leading eugenicist, ichthyologist, educator and peace activist. He was president of Indiana University and Stanford University.-Early life and education:...
& Bollman, 1890 - Ophichthus rutidoderma (BleekerPieter BleekerPieter Bleeker was a Dutch medical doctor and ichthyologist, famous for his work on the fishes of East Asia – Atlas Ichthyologique des Orientales Neerlandaises – which was published 1862–1877....
, 1853) (Olive snake-eel) - Ophichthus serpentinus Seale, 1917
- Ophichthus singapurensis BleekerPieter BleekerPieter Bleeker was a Dutch medical doctor and ichthyologist, famous for his work on the fishes of East Asia – Atlas Ichthyologique des Orientales Neerlandaises – which was published 1862–1877....
, 1864-65 - Ophichthus spinicauda (Norman, 1922) (Antillean snake-eel)
- Ophichthus stenopterus CopeEdward Drinker CopeEdward Drinker Cope was an American paleontologist and comparative anatomist, as well as a noted herpetologist and ichthyologist. Born to a wealthy Quaker family, Cope distinguished himself as a child prodigy interested in science; he published his first scientific paper at the age of nineteen...
, 1871 - Ophichthus tchangi W. Q. Tang & C. G. Zhang, 2002
- Ophichthus tetratrema McCosker & Rosenblatt, 1998
- Ophichthus tomioi McCosker, 2010
- Ophichthus triserialis (KaupJohann Jakob KaupJohann Jakob Kaup was a German naturalist.-Biography:He was born at Darmstadt. After studying at Göttingen and Heidelberg he spent two years at Leiden, where his attention was specially devoted to the amphibians and fishes. He then returned to Darmstadt as an assistant in the grand ducal museum,...
, 1856) (Pacific snake-eel) - Ophichthus tsuchidae D. S. JordanDavid Starr JordanDavid Starr Jordan, Ph.D., LL.D. was a leading eugenicist, ichthyologist, educator and peace activist. He was president of Indiana University and Stanford University.-Early life and education:...
& SnyderJohn Otterbein SnyderJohn Otterbein Snyder was an American zoologist.As a student he met David Starr Jordan who inspired him to enter zoology. He eventually became a zoology instructor at Stanford University and served there from 1899 until 1943. He went on several major collecting expeditions aboard the USS Albatross...
, 1901 - Ophichthus unicolor Regan, 1908 (Plain snake-eel)
- Ophichthus urolophus (TemminckCoenraad Jacob TemminckCoenraad Jacob Temminck was a Dutch aristocrat and zoologist.Temminck was the first director of the National Natural History Museum at Leiden from 1820 until his death. His Manuel d'ornithologie, ou Tableau systematique des oiseaux qui se trouvent en Europe was the standard work on European birds...
& SchlegelHermann SchlegelHermann Schlegel was a German ornithologist and herpetologist.-Early life and education:Schlegel was born at Altenburg, the son of a brassfounder. His father collected butterflies, which stimulated Schlegel's interest in natural history...
, 1846) (Mane-tail snake-eel) - Ophichthus woosuitingi J. S. T. F. Chen, 1929
- Ophichthus zophochir D. S. JordanDavid Starr JordanDavid Starr Jordan, Ph.D., LL.D. was a leading eugenicist, ichthyologist, educator and peace activist. He was president of Indiana University and Stanford University.-Early life and education:...
& C. H. GilbertCharles Henry GilbertCharles Henry Gilbert was a pioneer ichthyologist and fishery biologist of particular significance to natural history of the western United States. He collected and studied fishes from Central America north to Alaska and described many new species...
, 1882 (Yellow snake-eel)